C'llAI'TKIi I. 



now rtAMS (iHOW, AMI \MIAr rilKIU I'AKTS OK OIUJANS AKE. 



4. Moruliife'-OliTV. 



"The Parts of a Plant. 



r. Plants ar<' cliirlly inii<l»' up of throo pnrts, naiiu'ly, of 

 Ik'nn*^ Slim, iiixl L'tii'i". Tlif'sr nn' callt'd (lie plant n (>r>inuM^ 

 that is, its iiistniiMciits. And as tli«>s(> parts an> all that any 

 jilant n(M'(ls for its ^Towth, or vf^^ctatioji, th»'y iin> calltMl the 

 ()n(jANs or Vkcktation. 



2. Plants jils<» ))roihi('«> F/mrrrtt, from which coini's tho Fruity 

 and from this, tin* Stc<l. 'i'lu'so takr no part in nourishing' th« 

 plant. Tln'ir wsv is to unahlo it tf> )i\\i* riso to fm'w individuals, 

 w hich increase the ntnnhers of that kind of plant, to tako thn 

 place of tlu^ parent in <\\\i' time, and keep np the st(K'k ; that 

 is, to reproduce and pei-petuate the species. So th«' Klowei* 

 with its parts, tlu' Fruit, and the Seed, are called the plant's 



()|{(iANS OF PKI'HoniM HON. 



3. The different sorts of Lilies roj)respnted (m the first 

 p:i^o, and the common Moi-nin<;. (Jloiy on this pa<,'e, show nil 

 tlu' parts. 



4. The Root (Fi<r, 4, /•) is the part which j:i-ows downward."* 

 intothe<,'round,andtakes in nouiishmont f(»r the plant from the 

 soil. It conimoidy hranches ag.iin and a^jain as it ^mows: it.s 

 smaller hranches or lihres aro named lionfhtit. Ke.d roots never 

 hear leaves, nor anvthiiii; besides root-hranclies or ro<)tlet.^. 



5. The Hem (Fi<r. 4, .s) is the jiart which <rrow.^ iipwards, 

 and ]>ears the leaves and hlos.soms. At certain lixed places 

 the stem boars a haf or a pair of leaves. 



