DESCRIPTION OF THE THEEE CLASSES. 



The Plant, upspringing from the Seed, 



Expands into a perfect Flower, 



The virgin daughter of the mead, 



Wooed by the sun, the wind, the shower ; 



In loveliness beyond compare, 



It toils not, spins not, knows no care ; 



Trained by the secret hand that brings, 



All beauty out of waste, and rude ; 



It blooms a season, dies, and flings, 



Its germs abroad in solitude." J. MONTGOMERY. 



WE will begin with examining seeds ; for it is from 

 the different formation of them, that all plants are 

 first classed. And we will examine real seeds and 

 plants, whenever it is possible to do so; it is so 

 much more interesting and satisfactory than turning 

 for explanation even to, 



Aught that deftest pencil e'er devised, 

 Of graceful symmetry, or lovely hue ; 

 For " Who can paint like Nature ? " D. L. 



This little work will merely contain such slight 

 sketches as will be sufficiently accurate to guide you 



