CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



HISTORY OF BOTANY. 



Illustrative of the gradual rise and progress of the science from 

 the earliest period to the days of Linnxus and Jussieu. 



PART II. 



ELEMENTS OF BOTANY. 



Consisting of general remarks on plants. The division of plants 

 into elementary organs, with delineations of these organs, and their 

 standard varieties. 



PART III. 



LANGUAGE OF BOTANY. 



Explaining the most useful and practical terms applied by botanists 

 to the various circumstances connected with plants in general, and 

 with the different organs of plants. 



PART IV. 



LINN^EAN ARTIFICIAL SYSTEM. 



Constituting a simple and beautiful division of plants, according 

 to their parts of fructification, into twenty-four classes, with their 

 component orders. 



