CONVERSATION THE SECOND. 



LINNJEAN ARRANGEMENT OF PLANTS. CLASSES. 



ALTERATIONS ADOPTED BY DR. WITHERING. 



ORDERS. GENERA. SPECIES. 



EDWARD. 



WHEN I have examined a plant, mamma, how am 

 I to find out its name ? 



MOTHER. 



Before you can do so, you must learn how the 

 vegetables that are known have been arranged; 

 and I will now explain to you, as clearly as I can, 

 the system of Linnaeus, which is an arrangement 

 very generally used in this country. 



Linnaeus distributed all the plants, that were 

 known to him, in twenty-four divisions, each of 

 which is called a CLASS ; and each class he sub- 

 divided into Orders. The first eleven classes are 

 distinguished by the number of separate stamens 

 in each flower. But tell me whether you recollect 

 what the stamens and pistils are ? 



EDWARD. 

 I think you said, that the whitish threads, called 



