AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 
si. 
It may be well now to notice the methods by 
which plants are arranged in Classes or Orders, 
as we must constantly refer to them. The 
great Swedish Botanist Linnzeus has given his 
name to one System by which all plants are 
classified according to the number and position 
of the parts of fructification, ze. the stamens 
and pistils. The Linnzan System has 24 
Classes, of which the first Ten are numbered 
according to the number of stamens in the 
flower. Thus Class I., A/onandria, has one 
stamen; II., Dzandria, two stamens; III., 
Triandria, three; IV., Zetvandria, four; V., 
Pentandria, five; VI., Hexandria, six; VIL., 
Fleptandria, seven; VIII., Octandria, eight ; 
IX., Enneandria, nine; X., Decandria, ten. 
Beyond the Tenth Class some variation 
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