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CONVERSATION THE FOURTH. Page 30. 

 Class 3. Trian'dria. Cro'cus versus, Spring Crocus, 

 examined. The Grasses. Wheat. Barley. 

 Oats, &c. Sugar-cane. Sugar-making. Reed. 

 Bamboo. Dac'tylis glomera'ta, rough Cock's - 

 foot Grass, examined. Butcher's Broom. Sedge. 



CONVERSATION THE FIFTH. Page 45. 

 Class 4. Tetran'dria. Flex Aquifo'lium, common 

 Holly, examined. Clothiers' Teasel. Madder. 

 Birch-tree. Alder. Dutch Myrtle. Box. 



Centun'culus min'imus. Miseltoe Parasitical 



Plants. Flower-of-the-Air. Rose-coloured Bal- 

 sam-tree. The Great Flower, Raffle'sia. 



CONVERSATION THE SIXTH. Page 59. 

 Class 5. Pentan'dria. Genus Sola'num, Potatoe. 

 Woody and Garden Nightshade. Deadly Night- 

 shade, a different Genus. At'ropa. Ivy. Buck- 

 thorn. Myoso'tis palus'tris, Water Mouse-ear, ex- 

 amined. Vine. Currant and Gooseberry. 

 Coffee-tree. Tobacco. Violet. 



CONVERSATION THE SEVENTH. Page 70. 

 Class 5. concluded. Description of an Umbel. 

 Umbelliferous Plants. Elder. Teak-wood. 

 Tamarisk-tree. Su'mach. Flax ; its Uses. 

 Paper. 



CONVERSATION THE EIGHTH. Page 81. 

 Class 6. Hexan'dria. Galan'thus niva'lis, Snowdrop, 

 examined. Nectaries. Double and Single Flowers. 



