INTRODUCTION. 
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Part II. We shall here consider the various organs of the 
plant, beginning with the root and ascending to the flower; 
this part will include what is usually termed Elementary 
Botany ; it will also contain remarks upon the uses of the 
various organs of plants, the Nature of vegetable substan- 
ces, the Anatomy of plants, and other circumstances con- 
nected with vegetable Physiology. 
Part III. In this part we shall consider the different systems 
of Botany. We shall examine some of the most impor- 
tant, Natural Families ; and then proceed to give a de- 
tailed view of the Linncean System ; remarking upon some 
of the most interesting plants, and natural families found 
under each class, and order. 
Part IV. In this part we shall consider the Progressive ap- 
pearance of Flowers during the season of blossoming ; 
their various phenomena produced by the different states 
of the atmosphere, light, &c. ; their distribution over the 
face of the earth, and the effect of elevation as similar to 
that of distance from the equator. After giving a History 
of Botany, we shall take a general view of Nature ; the dis- 
tinction between organized and inorganized matter ; the 
classification of Animals, with the analogies, and differen- 
ces presented by a view of the animal and vegetable king- 
doms. 
•2. Vegetable Physiology. — 3. Systematic Botany. — 4. Various phenom- 
ena of plants, History of Botany, and General views of Nature. 
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