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therefore immediately pronounce Lettuce of the Syngene* 
fia clafs;^ and of the order Polygamia ALcualls, 
ORCHIS. 
I examine the flamlna, and find them as in the di- 
finition of the twentieth clafs, which is Gynandria^ I 
therefore immediately rank it among xhQ Gynandria 
Diandria plants. 
NETTLE. 
I examine the flowers, and find none that have both 
male and female parts, but find both on the fame plant, 
I therefore fay its of the Mcnoecia clafs, and becaufe 
there are four flamina, it mufl: be of the order T etrandria, 
. What has been here faid, we hope will be fuflicient 
to initiate the Student into the method of claffing^ which 
point once gained, half the difficulty in this agreeable 
and entertaining Itudy is conquered. \ , 
Many and various are^ the advantages attending the 
ftudy of Botany^ whether confidered in a commercial or 
chemical view, or with regard to the affinity it bears to 
agriculture., the very fource and bafis of every trading 
nation : If confidered as an amufement, itfeems extrerne- 
ly well calculated to employ the vacant hours of the 
country Gentleman, being the mofl: innocent, as well as 
the mofl: falutary, that can excite the attention of the 
human mind. 
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