ARRANGEMENT OF FLOWERS. 
Flowers are arranged into eats Orders, Genera, 
and Bh ah ecies. 
s has divided the vegetable Ses into 
twenty tots four a — are suka s. 
a are sivain subdivided into species. 
ass has been aptly described as bearing some 
resemblance ae Aeigsa: an order to a regiment, a genus 
to a compan a species to a soldier 
In iingthing a plant, two ward are employed; 
genera; and gener 
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name, used to distinguish the particular kind or species 
se. 
he families, or genera, are characterized by the 
analogy of all the parts of the flower, or fructification. 
The species are SR by ~ foliage of the 5 aa 
and the varieties, color 
taste, or odor. The ones of these do not always inion 
plants ahi to the parent; inl, 
accomplished by grafts or layers. 
CLASSES. 
The names of the classes are formed of Greek words, 
expressive of the characters of each class. Those of the 
first ten may be easily remembered, by considering the 
word andria, as meaning stamens, and annexing it to 
The first ten classes are distinguished sng pa the 
number of the stamens; except the a 
these have stamens of the same length. The pg a 
four of the same length—the sixth, = of the same 
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NAMES OF THE CLASSES. 
ria—\ stamen, as in the ae Cprdaaic 
mom, Arrow net Turmeric, The plants of 
class are very few, and chiefly found in tropical 
countries. There are none of this class introduced 
into this Dictionary. 
. Diandria—2 ees as in the Lilac, Jasmine, Sage, 
Fringe tree, 
. Triand: rid3 mens cath in the Spring Crocus, aa 
“ &c. In this class are all the different spec 
of Grasses that cover our ory as also Wheat, 
Rye, Oats, Sugar-cane, &c. ‘ 
wtrandria—4 stamens, as in the Dogwood, Holly, 
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the Potato, Deadly Night Shade, Tomato, Capsi- 
cum, Tobacco plant, Coffee-tree, Currant, Goose- 
berry, &c. 
6. Hexandria—6 stamens, as in the Rice, Sorrel, Aspa- 
ragus, Lily, &c. 
1. Heptandria—i stamens, as in the Horse-chesnut, &c. 
There are fewer plants in this class than in any 
stamens, as in the Whortleberry, 
Evening Primrose, &c. ; 
9. prong: 9 stamens, as in the Laurel, Rhubarb, 
10. Deconria—10 stamens, as in the Locust tree, Rue, 
ink, &c. 
ti: Datei from twelve to nineteen stamens 
each flower, as in the Mignonette, House Leek, 
12. Focus or more stamens, attached to the 
calyx, or sometimes, in part, to the corol 
thi the calyx is always of one piece, divided 
belong to it, to be wholesome. Sir J. E. Smith has 
observed, ‘‘ that no traveller, in the most unknown 
wilderness, en to be afcaid to eat the fruit of any 
lant whose the calyzx.”’ 
Miele chery, pear, plum, &c. belong to this 
class; as do the Rose, Haw thorn, &e. 
14, 
as they lose their distinctive characters; and are, 
therefore, useless to tani 
The Dog-rose, or rosa canina, w oni grows wild 
in the woods, is a good specimen of this class 
13. Polyandria—has generally more than twenty sta- 
mens, sometimes less. The character depends on 
the part to which they are attached, which is the 
receptacle. The calyx of this class (if the flower 
have one) consists of two or more leaves, which 
gene fall off so soon as the blossom o 
tee 
injudiciously united them 
class is found the Butter-cup, Larkspur , Poppy, &c. 
14. Didynamia—has two short and four toi stamens, 
as in the Snap Dragon, Mint, Thyme, Lavender, &. 
All plants of this class, which have n: seeds, 
are aromatic. 
15. Tetradynamia—two short and four long stamens— 
as in the Wall Flower, Cabbage, Radish, Turnip, 
