MODERN BOTANY FOR LADIES. 



PART II. 



SYNOPSIS OF THE NATURAL SYSTEM ACCORDING TO 

 PROFESSOR DE CANDOLLE. 



INTRODUCTION. 



All plants are b}^ this system first divided 

 into the Vasculares and the Celkilares ; and to 

 explain the difference between these two great 

 divisions, it will be necessary to say a few 

 words on the construction of plants, though 

 this subject belongs properly to vegetable 

 ph3'siology. All plants are composed of two 

 kinds of matter: viz. Cellular Tissue, which 

 may be compared to the flesh of animals ; and 

 Vascular Tissue, which consists of spiral vessels 

 and ducts, which may be compared to the 

 nerves and veins. If any one will take the leaf 

 of a hyacinth and break it by doubling it first 

 on one side and then on the other, and will 

 then draw the parts gently a little way asunder, 



