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name of the species is like the particular or Christian name : for 
example ; the Rose family contains many different kinds ; as 
Rosa alba , the white rose, Rosa damascena , the damask rose, &c. 
The specific or individual name in botany, is placed after the 
family name, as Rosa alba, which is Rose white, instead of 
White rose : this circumstance is probably owing to the names 
being in Latin ; as in that language the adjective is generally 
placed after the noun instead of before it as in English. 
LECTURE III. 
Method of analyzing plants. — Analysis of the Pink, Lily , 
Rose, and Poppy. 
When you begin to analyze plants, you will meet with many 
terms the use of which you do not understand. It will be ne- 
cessary, in these cases to resort to the vocabulary of botanical 
words ; by the observation of plants, connected with definitions, 
you will soon become familiar with the technical terms of Botany. 
We will now proceed to analyze a flower in order to ascer- 
tain its botanical name. We will commence with the Pink, as 
you are provided with a drawing which you can examine if you 
have no natural flower.* 
Analysis of the Pink. 
In the first place we must find the class. We will suppose it 
to belong to one of the first ten classes ; in this case all you have 
to do is to ascertain the number of stamens, as by this circum- 
stance only all these classes are arranged. 
You find ten stamens, therefore the Pink is in the 10th class, 
the name of which is Decandria. Having now ascertained its 
class, the next step is to find its order. In the first 12 classes, 
the orders depend on the number of pistils, you must then count 
the pistils. You find tico, therefore your flower is of the 2nd 
order, the name of which is Digynia. 
You must now turn to the description of the Genera of plants, 
find class 10, order 2d. 
* In analyzing a natural flower, it is necessary to separate the parts ; 
first, if there is a calyx, remove it carefully, then take off the corolla, or if 
it is monopetalous, cut it open with a knife. A microscope is necessary if 
the organs are very small. 
First step in the analysis of the Pink — second step. 
