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into the difficulties of the science ; and the twenty- 

 first chapter treats of the Sexes of Plants. In Lin- 

 n^eus's " Philosophia Botanica" the learner, on the 

 contrary, is made to begin from the root in the ground, 

 and may thus get disgusted with the science at the very 

 onset. In laying down his principles, Linnaeus gave 

 few or no examples ; this he probably reserved for his 

 lectures, and we may here remark, that his fame 

 had attracted to Upsal three thousand pupils, some 

 of whom were nobles ; and that persons from all 

 countries flocked to him, even from our own. The 

 distinguishing merit of Lee's work is, that it abounds 

 with examples. There is scarce a single axiom laid 

 down, but four or five illustrations are given ; and 

 this arose from his being practically acquainted not 

 only with native plants, of which he had formed a 

 large and valuable Hortus Siccus, but also with ex- 

 otic botanv. 



He next explains, in what he calls Part II., the 

 Sexual System of Linnaeus, and illustrates th^Olasses 

 and Orders by an enumeration of all the Gei\era which 

 arrange themselves under this system. By some, this 

 crowding in of names may be objected; but it may 

 be right to observe, that the chief merit of this Intro- 

 duction is, that he does not go slovenly to work, and 

 an idle person can never expect to become a bo- 

 tanist. 



