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ANALYSIS OF THE PINK. 



many new terms. It will be necessary in these cases, to re- 

 sort to the vocabulary of botanical words ;* by the obsorvation 

 of plants, connected with definitions, you will soon become fa- 

 miliar with the technical terms of Botany. 



We will now proceed to analyze a flower in order to ascer- 

 tain its botanical name. We will commence with the Pink, as 

 you are provided with a drawing which you can examine if 

 you have no natural flower.f 

 s Analysis of the Pink. 



^ 4 - The first step, 



is to find the 

 class. We will 

 suppose this 

 flower to be- 

 long to one of 

 the frst ten 

 classes; in this 

 case, all you 

 have to do, is 

 to ascertain the 

 number of sta- 

 mens, as by 

 this .circum- 

 stance only all 

 these cl 

 are arranged. 



Because there are ten stamens (Fig. 4), the Pink is in the 

 10th class, the name of which is Decandria. Having now 

 ascertained its class, the second s:ep is to find its order. In the 

 first 12 classes, the orders depend on the number of pistils ; 

 these, you must count ; b< -cuu.su )<>u find tiro (Fig. 4, 6), you 

 consider your flower as belonging to the 2nd order, the name 

 of which is Digynia. 



You must now turn to the description of the Genera of plants $ 

 find class 10th, order 2nd. The third step is to ascertain the 

 genus of your plant ; for this purpose, you must compare it 

 with each genus, until you find it described. You find first, 



* This is placed in the latter part of this volume. 



t In analyzing a natural flower, it is necessary to separate the parts ; first 

 if there is a calyx, remove it carefully, th' j n take off the corolla, or i I it is mo- 

 nopetalous, cut it open with a knife. A microscope is necessary if the organs 

 are very small. 



t This follows Part IV. 



First step in the analysis of the Pink second step third step. 



