TERMS OF BOTANY. 
PLANTS ARE OF THREE KINDS. 
Kinds of 1. HERBS, as the Tulip (Tulip a). ' 
Plants. 2, SHRUBS, as the Lilac (Syringa). 
Vide Plate 1. 3. TREES, any Tree. 
These possess, 
I. A ROOT, an organ nourishing the plant. 
These are of two sorts, 
'orts, 4. Common (communis) shooting into the 
^ide PI, 2, ground ; or, 
5. Parasitical (parasitica) not fixing in 
the earth, as the Vi scum, Missletoe. 
Roots take a three-fold division ; being either, 
'i^inds. 6. Fibrous (fibrosa) composed of fibres ; 
ride PI. 3. 7. Bulbous (bulbosa) fleshy, fibres at 
bottom ; or, 
8. Tuberous (tuberosa) fleshy, fibres on 
the side or top. 
Varying in Duration. 
i. Duraiio?z, 9, Annual (annua) perishing within the 
year. 
10. Biennial (biennis) flowering the second 
year, and then perishing. 
