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PREFACE. '^^^f'-^' 



The Compiler of this little Volume offers it to 

 ^ an indulgent Public, not as a scientific work, but 

 ^ one of moral amusement, which may possibly 

 "^ lead the reader to the study of botany; feeling 

 ^ convinced there is no study that possesses' so 

 j^' many charms, nor any that can exceed it, in 

 <, raising our curiosity, gratifying our taste, or 

 -o expanding our powers of discrimination. It 

 c^ excites the student to elevated feelings ; for the 

 more we study the works of the Creator, the 

 -f«rj more His wisdom becomes manifest. With 

 ^ these sentiments, the Editor offers her little 

 "* Work, hoping it may be a means of calling 

 ^ forth those ideas which all should possess when 

 ■^"^ they contemplate nature, " always pleasing, 

 "* everywhere lovely." 



