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that, we niTist not stay longer amid tlie weed class; — r 

 real true weeds tliey are, most of them, but with 

 a curious minute beauty of their own which well 

 repays examination ; having shown you the way? 

 we leave you to work out your further acquaintance 

 with, the docks, the nettles, the goosefoots, and 

 their congeners. And now for our trees. We 

 give you our list, and you must pick out as many 

 as you know, or as many as you can find. The 

 birch, oak, alder, poplar, the numerous willows, the 

 hazel, the elm, the beech, and the fir, and various 

 others, all fall into our category, and are connected 



Fio. 84— Jointed elastic etameu of Wall Pellitory. 



both, with one another, and with the weeds of our 

 Handful already noticed, for, being dicotyledonous 

 plants, they are at the same time destitute of the 

 double and complete floral envelopes, such as we have 

 hitherto been accustomed to. Some of our trees, such 

 aa the elm, have their flowers so far regular that they 

 have both stamens and pistils in the same blossom, 

 but in most the stamens and pistils are separated, 

 either on the same or on difierent plants, and 

 in many the flowers, such as they are> cluster 

 together in what is called an amentum, or catkin. 



