VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



1. GRASSES. Plebeians, Plants of the field, producing Culms 

 and Glumes, Rufcics the rnoft common, the molt 

 fimpie, and the rnoft tenacious ofliie ; conilituting the mul- 

 titude and ftrength of the vegetable kingdom ; and which 

 the more they are taxed and trod upon, the more they 

 multiply. Thefe are Tributary from their vile hoards to al- 

 mofl all herbivorous animals, and by their Harvejl in par* 

 ticular to the Prince their cohabitant. 



3. LILIES. Patricians, luxurious inhabitants of groves, Bul- 



bous rooted Plants, displaying their fnining feftive gar- 

 ments. They amuje the eye, and adorn the vegetable kingdom 

 •forth the jplcndour of courts. 



4. HERBS. Nobles, Meadow Plants, Annual, of many Forms. 



They enrich the kingdom of vegetation by their admirable 

 Structure, variety of Tajlcs, their fragrant Odours, and 

 gorgeous Colours. 



5. TREES. Highnesses-, of the Order of Nobility, Inhabitants 



of the woods, perennial as to their flock, furrounded 

 with Servants at their feet, and fupporting deftru£tive 

 Parafites. They erefi their heads, rejj/l the Winds, over- 

 Jhadciv the fultry, moflen the dry with inviftble Jhowers, allure 

 the Birds, and perfeel their Fruit like fo ?nany Orchards of 

 Nature. 



Soldiers, Plants armed with Thorns or Prickles 

 from both of the laft kinds. They repel the attacks of the 

 Mammalia orfrfl clafs of animals. 



6. FERNS. New-Colonists, Plants of obfeurity, fupported 



on Stipes, with Seeds on their backs, poor. Thefe pre- 

 pare the Earth for their fuccejfors. 



7. MOSSES. Servants, Plants of the winter, Imbricated, Ca- 



lyptred, Revivefcent, hungry, occupying in immenfe 

 numbers all the places relinquifhed by the former. Thefe 

 protect the Roots of other plants ; left they Jhould be injured 

 by the Winter Frofls, by the Summer Heats, the Vicifitudes 

 of Spring, or the Putridity of Autumn : and collecl for the 

 benefit of others, the daedal Soil. 



8. FLAGS, (alga:) Slaves, Plants which love the water, Squa- 



lid, revivefcent, abftemious, almoft naked. Thefe begin 

 the firjl Vegetation on uncultivated places. 



9. FUNGUSSES. 



