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CHAPTER XXII, 



OF THE SYSTEMATICAL ARRANGEMENT 

 OF PLANTS. NATURAL AND ARTIFI- 

 CIAL METHODS. GENERAj SPECIES AND 

 VARIETIES. NOMENCLATURE. 



JL HE foregoing chapters have sufficiently ex- 

 plained the parts of plants, and the leading 

 differences in their conformation, for us now 

 to proceed to the Systematical part of our 

 subject. In this, when properly understood 

 and studied, there is no less exercise for the 

 mind, no less employment for its observation 

 and admiration, than in physiological or ana- 

 tomical inquiries ; nor are the organs of ve- 

 getables, when considered only as instru- 

 ments of classification and discrimination, less 

 conspicuous for beauty, fitness, and infinite 

 ■variety of contrivance, than under any other 

 point of view. The wisdom of an Infinite 



