VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



2. GRASSES. Plebeians, Plants ofthe field, producing Culms 



and Glumes, Ruflics the moft common, the moft 

 fimple, and the moft tenacious of life ; conftituting the mul- 

 titude and itrength ofthe vegetable kingdom ; and which 

 the more they are taxed and trod upon, the more they 

 multiply. 'Theje are 'Tributary from their vile hoards to aU 

 moji all herbivorous annuals^ and by their Harveji i?i par- 

 ticular to the Prince their cohabitant . 



3. LILIES. Patricians, luxurious inhabitants of groves. Bul- 



bous rooted Plants, difplaying their fhining fefrive gar- 

 ments. They amufe the eye^ and adorn the vegetable kingdom 

 with the fplendour of courts. 



4. HERBS. Nobles, Meadow Plants, Annual, of many Forms. 



They enrich the kingdom of vegetation by their admirabh 

 Stru^iure^ variety of Tajles^ their fragrant Odours^ anc^ 

 gorgeous Colours, 



5. TREES. Highnesses, of the Order of Nobility, Inhabitant? 



of the woods, perennial as to their flock, furroundec 

 with Servants at their feet, and fupporting deftru(Eliv( 

 Parafites. They ere£l their heads^ reffi the JVinds^ over- 

 Jhadaiv the fultry^ .?noJien the dry zuith invifble Jhoiuers, allur, 

 the Birds J and perfe5l their Fruit likefo many Orchards £ 

 Nature, 



Soldiers, Plants armed with Thorns or Prickle 

 from both of the laft kinds. They repel the attacks of th 

 Mammalia orfirfi clafs of animals, 



6. FERNS. New-Colcnists, Plants of obfcurity, fupportei 



on Stipes, with Seeds on their backs, poor. Thefe pre 

 pare the Earth for their fuccejfors. 



7. MOSSES. Servants, Plants ofthe winter. Imbricated, Ca 



lyptred, Revivefcent, hungry, occupying in immenf 

 numbers all the places relinquifhed by the former. -The] 

 protect the Roots of other plants ; lefl they Jhould be injurCi 

 by the TVinter Frojls^ by the Su??i?ner Heats^ the Vicifitude 

 of Springs or the Putridity of Autumn: and collect for th 

 benefit of others^ the daedal Soil, 



8. FLAGS, (alga;) Slaves, Plants which love the water, Squa 



lid, revivefcent, abftemious, almoft naked. Thefe begl 

 the firjl Vegetation on uncidtivatcd places, 



9. FUNGUSSES 



