1 18 BOTANY FOR FEGINNEUS. [(Jh. XX. 



called the flower Day's-eye. The French name for the daisy 

 is la belle Marguerite. 



CHAPTER XX. 



Class [st Class 2nd. 



504. You have now been made acquainted with many impor- 

 tant principles in the science of Botany. You were first taught 

 the names of the different parts of a flower ; then how to find to 

 what class, order, genera, and species, some particular plants 

 belonged ; and after that, all the classes and orders were ex- 

 plained. We then took up the subject of plants generally, and 

 considered them as respects their various organs, as the root, 

 stem, leaf, &c. ; this part of the study is often called elementary 

 Botany, while the study of classes and orders is called syste- 

 matic Botany. 



505. The different families of plants, as they seem distinguish- 

 ed by nature, were next considered. It is to he hoped that you 

 now understand clearly the difference between natural fami- 

 lies^ and artificial classes ; viz. that the former, such as the 

 families of lilies, roses, &c. are distinguished by characters 

 which may be noticed by all observers ; while the latter are 

 founded upon circumstances which botanists have agreed to 

 found their classifications upon. 



506. In pursuing the study of Botany, it is necessary thai 

 you should have a great deal of practice, in the systematic pan ; 

 that is, that you should analyze many plants, and be careful ta 

 collect and examine flowers. We shall now consider some oi 

 the classes and orders in a more particular manner, and giv* 3 

 examples of plants which belong to them. 



504. What is said of the different principles which you have nov/ 

 Deen made acquainted with 1 



505. What do you understand to be the difference between Natural 

 Par/nlics and Artificial Classes? 



50(>. What is said of practice in Botany "? 



