are not to ilefpair of time bringing about this 
much wifhed for improvement ; and it more 
probably will be obtained, if we content our- 
felves with making the principal point of our 
labours the perfecting the fyftem of our great 
m after, than if we endeavour after fame by 
feeking to eftablifh a new one. In the firft 
attempts of the botanical pupil to refer his 
flowers to their proper genera, fome difficul- 
ties may occur, and he may find the language 
of the tranflated fyftem of vegetables uncouth 
to his ear ; a very fhort time, however, will 
render it familiar, and he will then perceive 
the fuperior excellence of it's expreffive con- 
cifenefs over every other work which has yet 
been publiftied for the ufe of the englifh bo«* 
tanift. The canna indica, a plant to be 
found in all hot-houfes, and the hippuris* 
mare's tail, with which our ditches abound^ 
are proper fpecimens for examination, Thefe 
flowers, containing each one ftamen and one 
piftil, mil ft be looked for in the firft clafs and 
order Monandria Monogy'nia. On opening 
the book at this clafs, the pupil will find the 
names of thirteen different plants; thefe 
plants are feparated into two diviflons; in 
the firft division there are ten plants, the 
character 
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