em States especially, except the lower orders of Cryptogamia, are 

 according to the natural method. By means of many plain and Inge- 

 nious tables, the learner is led to the genus or the natural order where 

 the plant is found and described. This work makes the study of plants 

 interesting and fascinating, and must in our country supersede all the 

 common works on the Linnaean methods. Teachers of academies, 

 schools, &c., will find it a noble work for their use in the study of 

 plants. 



Frorn Messrs. SiBollow and Cleaveland, of Brutiswick, Me. 



Satisfied that Mr. Wood's Botany is well calculated to supply the 

 extensive demand for a Text-Book on Botany, we cheerfully recom- 

 mend it to the use oi^ schools and families. It has some advantages, at 

 least, over any similar work extant. It contains in the same volume an 

 Introduction to the Science and a Flora containing full descriptions of 

 the plants [native and cultivated] of New England and New York. 

 By the introduction of Analytical Tables, together with the Natural 

 Arrangement, the author has happily combined the advantages of both 

 the Natural and Artificial systems. G. C. SWALLOW, 



Principal of Brunswick Female Seminary. 



P. CLEAVELAND, 



Professor, &c., in Bowdoin College. 

 From Dr. Davis, late Speaker of the House of Representatives. 



Sir— I have your favor of the 15th inst., accompanied by the first 

 part of " the Elements of Botanical Science," by Alphonso Wood, 

 A.M. From the cursory examination which I have given to this part of 

 the work, I am satisfied that it is a work admirably calculated to pro- 

 mote the design and object of the author. I remain, very respectfully. 



Your ob't serv't, 



JOHN W. DAVIS. 



From Rev. Henry W. Beecher, Indianapolis, la., Editor of Western Farmer and Gardener." 



As a Class-Book, there is no work now before the public, within my 

 knowledge, which can compare with this. Very great progress has been 

 made, of late years, in the science of Botany, and the latest improve- 

 ments are included in this work. The arrangement is excellent. Sev- 

 eral entirely new features are introduced, which cannot fail to expedite 

 the labors of the beginner. As a Manual also, the advanced botanist 

 will find it eminently serviceable. We can truly say, that we have 

 never before seen a work that appeared so worthy to be introduced into 

 our higher seminaries. HENRY WARD BEECHER. 



From Dr. John T. Pluminer, Richmond. Ind. 



I have examined with much interest the " Class-Book of Botany," by 

 Alphonso Wood ; and do not hesitate to say that I consider it superior 

 to any work of the kind that has yet fallen into my hands. The author 

 has c'ompressed within the compass of his book a great amount of valu- 

 able information, and appears to me to have succeeded well in present- 

 ing that information in so intelligible a form as to render the work par- 

 ticularly desirable to both the pubhc and private student. 



Richmond, Ind. JOHN T. PLUMMER. 



From Prof. Paul A. Chadbouryie. 



Dear Sir — Having had the pleasure, not only of examining your 

 " Class-Book of Botany," but of making it my constant companion in 

 my Botanical studies during the past year. lam happy to say that I 

 consider it superior to any elementary work on Botany with which I am 



