22 EXAMINATION OF A PLANT. 



EDWARD. 



Oh, here is a nice little blue flower; I should like 



to take it home, it is so pretty ? 



I 



MOTHER. 



Do so, my dear ; and if you can tell me the class 

 and order it belongs to, I will show you how to 

 find out its name, in Withering's Botany. 



EDWARD. 



I see only two stamens, and one pistil ; so that, 

 I suppose, it is in the second class, and the first 

 order. Am I right? 



MOTHER. 



Yes, perfectly right; but you must remember, if 

 you can, to call each class and order by the names 

 Linnaeus gave them. 



EDWARD. 



Then this plant is in the class Diandria, and the 

 order Monogynia. What am I to do next ? 



MOTHER. 



Now hold the flower in your hand, and look 

 at every part, very attentively, while I read to 

 you the descriptions of a few genera in the class 

 Diandria. The first genus described has " a very 

 " small cup; of one leaf," that is, consisting of 



