INTRODUCTION, 
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negle&ed in proportion to the fuccefhve 
acquifition of new and fuperior varieties. 
The word Polyanthus, or Polyanthos, 
is derived from the Greek, and implies 
many flowers. 
It may not be improper to give fome 
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explanation to fuch of the botanical 
terms, defcriptive of the component 
parts of a flower, as are occafionally men¬ 
tioned in the following treatife; but it 
does not appear neceffary to explain 
every technical term ufed by Botanifts, 
in their defcriptions of the conftituent 
parts of a plant or flower, in this work, 
as it is not intended to comprize a fyftera 
of Botany. 
Botanical Terms explained, viz. 
I. The Peduncle, is the foot-ftalk of 
a flower, proceeding from the main 
item, 
