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The evening Primrose family embraces the Fushia, Primrose and 



others. 



Gonrd family has in it the pumpkin and squash whicli are only dis- 

 tinct in their na^tures in the character of the stems ; that of the pump- 

 kin being groved and that of the squash not. 



The Saxifrage family include the well known Hydrangea, Deutzia,. 

 Syringa. 



Honeysuckle family, the Snowberry, Snowball, Wigilia, Honey- 

 suckle and Woodbine. 



Composite family includes at least one-eighth or one-tenth of all 

 our plants : the Aster, Daisy, Snntiower, Dahlia, Marigold, Pyrethrum,. 

 Feverfew, Chamonile, Thistle and Canada Thistle. 

 Heath family has the Azalea, Ehododeudron. 



Vervain family includes the Verbenas, Lemon, (Sweet Verbena), 

 and Lantana. 



The Borage family, the Forget-me-not and Heliotrope. 

 The Cyprus vine and Sweet potato are of the Convolvulus family.. 

 ISTightshade family embraces Bitter-sweet, Potato, Egg Plant, Jeru- 

 salem Cherry, Tomato, Peppers, Petunia, Tobacco and Deadly :Xight- 

 shades, some of our best friends as well as worst enemies. 



To the Olive family belong the Lilacs, Forsythia, English and Flow- 

 ering Ash. 



The Fig tree, India ruber tree. Mulberry, English elm, Osage 

 Orange, are of the is ettle family. 



The Pine family embraces the Pines, Spruces, Cypress, Yew, Cedar 

 and all of their classes. 



The Amaryllis, Iris. Lily and Grass families are all familiar to us 

 and come under the second class or endogenous plants, and it well be 

 impossible for us to followthis farther lest we weary you. 



When we once begin this study we tind such a broad opening and 

 extensive tield that we hardly know when and where to stop. I hope 

 therefore that I have not wearied you, but that I can be able some day 

 to give you a series of articles which will be of some benefit to each 

 and all of us and awaken in the n^inds of the young a love for this 

 study. For let me assure you that there is no more inviting field for 

 both profit and recreation than in this beautiful study of botany. It is 

 such a true science that like mathematics, if you work without mistake 

 you will surely find your goal. 



L. A. GOODMAN. 



