MEMOIRS OF THE 



He treats next of the Genera of Plants, entering 

 upon the discoveries of former botanists, and closes 

 this part with Tabular Illustrations, the merit 

 of which mode or instruction must be acknowledged 

 by every person. 



The science of Botany may be compared to a lad- 

 der, being only an artificial aid by which we mount 

 up to a knowledge of plants. Parts I. and II. may 

 be called the First Steps in Botany. It may be 

 objected by some, that he has no where given us the 

 derivations of the terms used in this science ; but it 

 should be observed, that he wrote principally for the 

 unlearned, and calls his book only an "Introduction.'* 



The next great advance in Botany is, the know- 

 ledge of the species of plants ; and to obtain this, 

 the student must make more progress into the 

 science of Botany. The genera are founded upon the 

 fructification alone, the species upon all the parts of 

 plants. In Part III. he lays down the general plan, 

 then treats of roots, trunks, leaves, &c. which he 

 does in a very able manner, often giving many ex- 

 amples, illustrative of the terms; and he closes with 

 some more useful Tables, and a short exposition 

 of all the terms of Botany, being a direct translation 

 of the " Termini Botanici" of Linnjeus, finishing 

 with Plates, copied from Linnaeus, which, in this 



