iYPES 
OF 
Pee rrTishH PLANTS 
erie Tier. d: 
INTRODUCTORY: CLASSIFICATION 
In this little book I shall endeavour to give a general 
introduction to the study of plant life as a whole, paying 
special attention to that less conspicuous part of the 
vegetable kingdom, the cryptogams. My aim is above 
all to bring out the fundamental unity of plant life, 
and the continuous development from the highest to the 
lowest stages. That the work has no possible claim to 
originality will be obvious from a glance at its pages. 
I have endeavoured to take my information from the 
best sources, and, where possible, to test it practically. 
In the system of classification and arrangement I have 
followed the text-book of Professors Prantl and Vines, 
and hope that any boy who may become interestéd in 
botany will find that this book may make his study 
thereof more easy. 
I have deliberately avoided, so far as possible, the use 
of technical terms, not in the least because the value 
