4 PREFACE. 
The chapter on botany will be found complete with¬ 
in itself, and according to the most approved system — 
that of Linnaeus. It will serve as an interesting intro¬ 
duction for those who have not had the advantage of 
the study in their education, and may recall to mem¬ 
ory its principles where they have been learned and 
forgotten. 
The editor can pretend to no erudition on the subject. 
Only Fancy and Feeling have woven a wreath which 
may yield neither bloom nor sweetness, unless the sun¬ 
shine of Indulgence, and the kindly dew of Sympathy, 
be suffered to play on its leaves. 
f. s. o. 
