THE CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS 



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tabular form, some of the subdivisions of the Rose family 

 are as follows : 



j Peach species (many varieties). 



Plum genus J Garden P lum s P ecies (many varieties). 



Wild black cherry species. 

 I Garden red cherry species (many varieties). 



I Dwarf wild rose 

 species. 

 Sweet-brier species. 



T ,. . f Tea variety. 



India rose species 4 n . 



Pear genus 



Damask rose species. 



Pear species 



Apple species 



Pompon variety, etc. 



f Seckel variety. 

 < Bartlett variety. 

 ^ Sheldon variety, etc. 



Baldwin variety. 

 Greening variety. 

 Bellflower variety. 

 Northern Spy variety, 

 etc. 



254, Grouping of Families. Families are assembled 

 into classes, and these again into larger groups. The 

 details of the entire plan of classification are too compli- 

 cated for any but professional botanists to master, but an 

 outline of the scheme may be given in small space. 



The entire vegetable kingdom is divided into two great 

 divisions, the first consisting of cryptogams or spore-plants, 

 the second of phanerogams or seed-plants. Here the rela- 

 tions of the various subdivisions may best be shown by a 

 table. 1 



1 This is, of course, only for consultation, not to be committed to memory. 



