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plants, Linnaeus, of Sweden, proposed to arrange them under 

 classes and orders, by means of the stamens and pistils. He 

 had discovered that these organs existed in all plants ; that 

 some had one stamen, others two, three, &c. and that it was 

 the same with regard to the pistils, which, although the lily 

 has but one, are numerous in the rose and some other plants 

 In the next chapter I shall tell you something more of the classes 

 of Linnaeus, and teach you how to analyze a flower according 

 to his system. 



CHAPTER III. 



Practical Botany commenced by the analysis of the Pink. 

 Method of preparing an Herbarium Botanical excursions 

 The study of nature the duty and privilege of intelligent 

 minds. 



46. Plants, as I have told you, are arranged in classes ai?/ 

 orders by their stamens and pistils. The largest division is 

 that of classes. 



47. There are twenty-one classes. 



48. Each class is divided into orders. 



49. A plant with one stamen belongs to the first class ; as 

 there are some plants here with one pistil, and others with 

 two, there are a first and second order in the first class. 



46. What is the largest division of plants 1 



47. How many classes are there 1 



48. How is each class divided 1 



49. What circumstances would place a plant in the first or second 

 order cf the first class t 



