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g£ his lyftem, which in general are nearly the fame with the fup- 

 pofed defects in his Zoology. 



As this lyftenij however, comprehends the plants of the whole 

 globe, it is a moft ufeful repertory for a large botanical garden, 

 provided the plants are in flower, and the botanift hath the pro- 

 per apparatus for differing and examining them. If the collec- 

 tion on the other hand confifts of dried plants, the fyftem is almoft 

 entirely ufelefs, as thofe minute parts (the chives s and pointals) are 

 commonly deranged or loft in fuch Ipecimens. The lame holds 

 with regard to all engravings of plants before this fyftem was in- 

 troduced, where the fame minute parts are not attended to. 



But as the chief amufement in botany is- the finding a plant in 

 its wild ftate (for the feeing it in a confervatory is like mooting 

 in a farm yard, or fifhingin aftew) I will fuppofe the wild-carot 

 to be ftumbled upon ; of which the botanift is ignorant, till he 

 can confult his Linnzeus. 



For what the ftiident is to wade- through before he can procure 

 this information I mall refer to Dr. Withering's arrangement of 

 the vegetables of Great Britain h . 



If the botanift therefore hath recourfe to Linnaeus he muft 'turn 

 to the fecond order [Digynia] of his clafs [Pentandria] and to 

 the fecond fubdivifion, which confifts of thirty plants, where he 

 will at length find the Daucus Carota of the Swedifli botanift, if 

 the plant happens fortunately to be in flower, and is nicely ex- 

 amined with the proper apparatus. 



I will now fuppofe this plant to be vi-fitcd a month afterwards, . 

 when the flowers have fallen, and when fuch a metamorpholis • 

 hath taken place, that it cannot be fuppofed to be the fame ; forv 

 the flowering part, which was before horizontal, is now become 



s Thefe like wife often vary in number. 

 b Introd. p. xxv. . 



4 . deeply 



