214 JUSSIED'S NATURAL SYSTEM. 



but also for its utility, and comparatively speaking, easy application. 

 We have long had the advantage of an excellent artificial system, 

 in that of the immortal Linnaean, yet however clear and practicable 

 the plans of art may appear, they can only serve the single purpose 

 of directing us to the names of plants. A natural system, on the other 

 hand, by displaying the similarity of structure, and the natural affini- 

 ties which exist between plants of one family and another, not only 

 answers the same object, it likewise presents us with a general and 

 immediate knowledge of the conformation and essential habits of the 

 whole vegetable kingdom. 



