12 DTTEODUCTION. 



6. The study of Botany naturally leads to greater love and 

 reverence for the Deity. It may not always produce this 

 efiect; for, unhappily, there are some minds which, though 

 quick to perceive the beauties of nature, seem blindly to over- 

 look Him who spread them forth ; they can admire the gifts, 

 while they forget the giver. But those who feel in their 

 hearts a love to God, and who see in the natural world the 

 workings of His power, can look abroad, and, adopting the 

 language of a Christian poet, exclaim, 



" My Father made them all." 



1. Division of the Lectures. "We will divide our course of 

 study as follows, viz. : 



Paet I. Analysis of Plants, or Practical Botany. 

 Part H. Elementary Botany ; and Yegetable Physiology. 

 Part HI. Classification ; — Systems of Botany ; the Linncean 



System^ with some of the most interesting Genera^ and 



Natural Families found under each class and order. 

 Part IY. Progressive ajypearance of Flowers ; their various 



phenomena, and geogramJiical dist)4hution ; History of 



Botany ; and General View of Nature. 

 Part Y. The ^Natural System. 



Part YI. The Flora, or Descriptions of Genera and Species. 



6. Study of Botany favorable to piety. — ^7. Division of the course of study. 



