X PREFACK. 



genera. After acquiring an idea of these, he may 

 proceed to study parts I. & IL the roots and herbage, 

 on which principally are founded the characters of the 

 species. 



We will just mention some of the recommendations 

 of the science and study of botany. 



1. The science of botany is valuable, as medicine, 

 agriculture, and the arts are more or less dependant 

 upon it. 



2. The study recommends itself as a " rich source 

 of innocent pleasure." It is pure and elegant, and be- 

 comes more and more interesting as it is pursued. It 

 adds a new sense and opens a new source of enjoyment. 

 It is not among the least of its recommendations to the 

 young, that it takes the place of other amusements, 

 which are liable to be useless, pernicious, or even ruin- 

 ous, serving in this way as a preventive to intemper- 

 ance and dissipation. 



3. The study is profitable to the young especially, as 

 it forms the mind and regulates the modes of thinking. 

 Many gentlemen whose learning and experience have 

 qualified them to judge in subjects of this nature, have 

 expressed an opinion that children are generally too 

 much confined to the study of abstract subjects $ subjects 

 entirely mental, which they casi with difficulty, if at all, 

 comprehend, and that their minds would be better form- 



