PUBLISHER'S ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRriT 



EDITION. 



WHEN the publisher of this work issued Mrs. Lincoln^ 

 " Familiar Lectures on Botany," the science was taught in few 

 Seminaries of learning, even of the highest grade. Since that 

 period, (1829,) Botany, as a regular branch of instruction, hag 

 been introduced not only into Colleges and Female Institutions 

 of the first rank, but into many schools of a more humble cha- 

 racter. Nearly ten thousand copies of the Lectures, within 

 little more than three years, have been called for in various 

 parts of the United States, from New England to the Soutk 

 Teachers in Alabama, Mississippi, and as far west as the 

 Capital of the Arkansas Territory, have by means of this work 

 instructed themselves in Botany, and thus have been enabled 

 to unfold to their pupils the rich treasures of the vegetable 

 Kingdom, which abound in that region of flowers. In many 

 schools in Ohio, Illinois, and in Canada, Mrs. Lincoln's Lec- 

 tures on Botany are now in common use. 



While it is admitted that Botany is a study which introdu- 

 ces to the mind a variety of new and delightful ideas, and trains 

 it to habits of logical reasoning, it is also found not to be be- 

 vond the comprehension of children ; but, on the contrary, ca- 

 pable of interesting them in a high degree, when rendered 

 simple by a familiar style and suitable illustrations. Teachers 

 of Common Schools, becoming sensible of the power of this 

 science to awaken the minds of their young pupils, have begun 

 to inquire for a suitable book to put into their hands ; such a 

 one as with respect to style and price should be adapted to this 

 purpose. While requiring a cheap volume, they at the same 

 time need one comprehending an outline of the science, and es- 

 pecially a sufficient number of generic, and sf ecific descriptions 

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