ItnTANV mu V(HN(i I'lnlM.K. 



Ill tho'FiKHT 1'aht of this Ux)k sw |»r<Hr»Hl to consiiler, uiidur ft)ur |)nii('i|ial 

 heatl.H or cliaptprH — 



J. Jiow Plants (!n>w, ami what tlair J'arts or Urgan« ufo, CiiAl'TKU I. I'a;;*' 5. 



Tlu riiils ..f a Plant. ....... 



llitw IMaiitw <iii>\\ fniiii tht' S»>«mI, .... 



Hu\v ri uiti* (Jruw Year aftt r Vt-ar, .... 



J>iir«'i«.'nt F'iniii4 or Kiridx of Uootx, SteiiiM, and Leavett, 



Skiiio.v I. I'ajj'u 5. 



II. „ la 



.. 111. .. 23. 



.. IV. „ J4. 



11. How riaiit.saiv Pn»|>aj.'iUc(lnr .Multi|tlu'(l in Xumln'rs, ( 'iiaI'TKU II. Pa^^o 56 



How PrnpnL'iitt'tl fnmi I'imU, .... . " 

 H'>w l'ri>i»iiK.ittii l»y Scfdn, ..... 

 Flowers : tlit-ii- Ariaiiyiiiiciit, their Sorts, &c. . 

 Fruit and Seed, 



III. Why IMiiiii> < iio\v ; what t hoy are inatle for, ami 



\\ h;il \\\f\ do. 



IV. llow IMant.s ai»' C'hi.'-.silird, Xaiiu'd. ami Stuiliid, 



ClaHsiHcatioM a..* to the I*1;mi of it, .... 



NauieH of Plants, ... ... 



The Natural Sy.^teni (.f ClasHitication in P«otany, 

 How to Study I'Lints by the Fli.ni, in I'.nt II., 



Skction F Pai{e 56. 



„ II .. 5«- 



„ III, „ 58. 



o IV. „ 77. 



( 'ii.MTi i{ 1 1 1 Pa<;o 85. 

 ClIAI'IKK IV. PaLjc 93. 



SkcTIov T. Pa!,'e 03. 



II. ., 94. 

 „ III. „ 96. 



., IV. „ 99. 



'J'ho Si:ru.\i» P.\i;c ni the hook (•oi\.«^ist.s of a Pojiular Flora for I'x'ifitmcrH, 

 viz., a ('la.s.silicatioii ami !h-.xcii|ition (acconlin;,' to the Natural Sy.sttMi) of tho 

 CoiuiiioM Plains of tho ("ouiitry, Ixtth Wild ami Ciiltivatod. 



Tht'ii follows a I )ictioii;iry of tho poculiar tcriii.s whicli wo hnvo occasion to u.so 

 in (h'srriliini: |lants, or their {tarts, comhiiuMl with a full Iiuh'X t > I'ait 1. Kvi-ry 

 science, and eseiy art or occtipatioii, has terms or techiiie.il woids of its own, and 

 iimst have them. Without them, all would he confusion aiid <riiess-work. In 

 Jiotanv the nuuiher of technical words which a Nounir student needs to km.w i.s hv 

 no means /L'l'fat, ;ind ;i litlle diliirent study and pract ice will make them familiar. 



The first and most important thini,' foi- the student is, to know well tl.e i^'eneral 

 ]thin of a jilanl and the wjiy it /^jrows ; the parts plants consist of; the uses of the 

 several parts ; their ^'eneral forms, and the names which are used to distin<;uish 

 them. This is all very interestin*,' and very useful in itself; ami it is in«lisj ensalilo 

 forstudyin<; plants with any sjitisfaction or adv;mta;f<> to lind out their names, their 

 properties, and the family they hel(jn>jf to; i.«\, to ascertain the kinds of jilants. 



