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indicative of the wise order manifested in 
the distribution of these floral riches. 
Every portion of creation^ in all aspects, 
by its evidences of design, is calculated 
to redeem us from low • views concerning 
the nature and methods of God’s govern¬ 
ment, and to shew us that all things are 
arranged and maintained according to vast 
comprehensive plans. 
Many exceptions might be taken to the 
particular divisions above-mentioned, but 
they would not affect the general truth thus 
indicated, that throughout the globe certain 
plants are most abundant in particular 
districts, and are not common universally, 
or even under the same parallels of latitude. 
We shall And that this conclusion will be 
material in estimating the amount of resem¬ 
blance between the condition of things in 
former epochs of vegetation, and at present. 
The effects of climate on vegetation is 
illustrated not only by the horizontal varia¬ 
tions between different portions of the globe, 
but also by vertical differences under the 
same parallel, as exhibited on the moun¬ 
tains of the tropics. 
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