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the Exogens the herbs, and shrubs, and timber-trees 

 which, in their beauty and variety and dignity of aspect, 



Exogenous Aspect of Vegetation. 



crown the long line of vegetable existences. Slower of 

 growth, but of greater longevity, the beauty of their flowers, 

 the utility of their seeds and fruits, the durability of their 

 structure, and the diversity of their habits and forms, all 

 point to them as the culminating orders of the vegetable 



