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XXVII. A SCHOOL GARDEN OF FLOWERING 

 PLANTS. 



The following is a list of such easily procured 

 and easily cultivated plants as will afford the teacher 

 ample materials for instruction in Elementary Botany, 

 will give an idea of the natural arrangements of 

 flowering plants, and will convey a practical know- 

 ledge of many useful vegetables cultivated in all 

 temperate regions. 



This list is capable of indefinite extension according 

 to the knowledge of the teacher, the size of the 

 garden, the nature of its soils, the means at hand of 

 procuring roots or seeds, and the labour that can be 

 obtained for cultivating them. Abundant specimens 

 of each should be grown, so that every pupil may have 

 plenty to cut up and examine with the teacher. 



The trees and shrubs marked with an asterisk (*) 

 cannot well be introduced into such a garden amongst 

 the herbaceous plants, but their names should be 

 introduced in their proper places, and the pupil's at- 

 tention should be directed to the plants themselves in 

 neighbouring woods and plantations. 



SERIES I. Angiosperms. Flowering plants having the 

 ovules inclosed in an ovary. Woody tissue containing 

 abundant vessels. 



CLASS I. DICOTYLEDONS. 



DIVISION I. Flowers usually with both a calyx and a corolla 

 the latter of free petals. Stamens inserted close under the 

 ovary (not on the calyx). Ovary always superior. 



Order Ranunculacecs. Clematis, anemone, butter-cup, hellebore, 



ficaria, columbine, larkspur, aconite, pseony. 

 O rd er Bcrberidca. Barberry. 

 Order Papaveracece. Poppy, celandine. 



