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IIUW I'LA.NTH AKK ( LAsSIKIKI) AM) .STl IUKD. 



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|)omi(l inici*ORro|>r, liowovor nt'ccMsary for .studying' v«%'«'(mI»1«' iiniitniny, is of no 

 use f<»' oiii- rutninoii hotiiiiiciil purpo.sos, wliicli )-<'<|iiit«' nn liit'li inii^'iiifxin^'. A 

 iMU'krt iiiiiu'tiitviii'' <'liis>. Ii*|i| ill till' liimd, is all thai is aWsohitrlv nt'ti'ssaiv. 



321. Lessons in Examining Plants. Mow a pnpii, or a ^ll^s. is to procrni in 



f>\aiiiinin^ aiiv plMiit liy oiw I'lifmhir I h'r,i, lor iIm* |iiir|)oM* of liixliii;; out itn 

 C'liiss, its order tn' fiiniily, jiikI tln'ii its ;,'i'iim.s and sjn-j-ics - that is, its naiiu' — 

 wo will show hy a lew pl.-iin «'.\aiii|tli's. 



32 J. 'r«'<'hiiical W(a'ds or ti-nns an' used all alou;j, which you uiay not reiuriuhrr 

 the ineaiiili^' of. as deliued iu the l''irst Pjirt of the hook ; and some of tins, may 

 nf»( have Itet'ii nieiitioiUMi or explaitieil t liei-e. \Vheiie\er yoii come to a woi'd which 

 you d(t not prr/rrflif Hntf-rsfdiii/, turunt on<e to the Index mihI I )ietionaiy. he^du- 

 idu^' on pa;;e 2-M. and look it out. 'ria-re you will lind it e.\|il!iined, or will ho 

 iipferrt'd to the pii;,'e of tlieltook where the term is exphiineil or ilhisti'jiteil. Turn 

 hack to the place, iind re.el what iN said al>out it. I )o not attempt to proceetl 

 faster than you unth-rstaiul tliin«,'s. liut liy look in;,' out and understanding tho 

 woi'ds as you meet with them, the principal terms used in hotanical dj'scriptions 

 (lu're made as sinijih^ as ]»ossihle) will soon he familiar, and your suhsecpicnt 

 j)ro;.'r<'ss will he all tla> more rapid for the pains taken in the earlier steps. 



32^. I"^)r the lirsl example we will take a l»uller<Mip or ( "row foot , such ns 

 may anyw hei'e he met with in sjtrin;,' ami eai'ly summer. NN'ith specimens in 

 iiand. turn to pa;;e 109. N'ou ask in the lirst place, — 



hoes the plant helon^' to the Firsf St'n'('<, that of Pha'nonrMnK)us or Flowering* 

 Plants/ ('ertainly; for it hears llowei's, with stamens and pistils. (Tho Second 

 Series, that of Klowerless Plants (p. 97), consisting' of Ferns, Mos.ses. tVc. wo 

 do not meildle with in this hook, they re(|uiiin^' too much ma^.Murvin^'. and heing 

 too ditlicult for the youn;j he;Lrinncr. ) Next you ask, - 



To which cla.ss does it helony / Tho dilVei-ences hetween the two classes a ro 

 iiuMitioned on pa^o 97, and the characteri.stics of Class 1. .-uv illustrated on pa/^^'o 

 109. As th(^ stem is hollow, it mav not he easy to .see that it has a delicate ring 

 of wood under the l)arkand outside of the ])itli (as in Fi;,'. 230) ; l)ut tins may he 

 perceived in a cross slice under the microscope. And even if we had ripe .s«'eds, a 

 micro.scope and some skill in dissection would he recpiired to take out tho minute 

 embryo, and see that it has a pair of cotyledons, liut we may ttdl tlie class by the 

 two other points, vix.. by the leaves, and by tho nuniber of parts to t]\e blossom. 

 The leaves are plainly netted-veined, and the parts of the flower, that is, the sepals 



