ON THE OEGANS OF PLANTS. 



Succeeding to the vacant room, 



Where nourished late, the painted bloom, 



Strange forms of differing ahape and size, 



The enquiring eye delight, surprise. 



Whether the Capsule's jointed chest, 



Its store, with order just, invest ; 



Whether the Cruciate Flower, his pod, 



Contrast, of figure short and broad ; 



Of ' Shepherd's Purse,' the counterpart 



In shape, of an inverted heart ; 



Or stretch his vessel, slim and tall, 



Like that which clothes the scented Wall; 



In all, boon Nature seems to try, 



Profuse and strange variety. 



All curious to the inquiring mind, 



All apt, to work the end designed ; 



And still, as onward still we range, 



She strikes us with perpetual change. BP. MANT. 



I MUST now explain to you what are called the 

 ORGANS of PLANTS, and the various names, by 

 which they are distinguished. You will be surprised 

 to find that the formation of a single organ, the seed 

 vessel, is so varied, and yet so distinct in character ; 

 that they may be classed, under at least twenty dif- 



