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plants, Linneus, of Sweden, proposed to arrange them under 
classes and orders, by means of the stamens and pistils. He 
had discovered that these organs existed in all plants; that 
some had one stamen, others two, three, &c. and that it was 
the same with regard to the pistils, which, although the lily 
has but one, are numerous in the rose and some other plants. | 
In the next chapter I shall tell you something more of the classes 
of Linneus, and teach you how to analyze a flower according 
to his system. 
CHAPTER III. 
Practical Botany commenced by the analysis of the Pink. 
Method of preparing an Herbarium—Botanical excursions 
—The study of nature the duty and privilege of intelligent 
minds. 
46. Plants, as I have told you, are arranged in classes an/ 
orders by their stamens and pistils. The largest division is 
that of classes. 
47. There are twenty-one classes. 
48. Hach class is divided into orders. 
49, A plant with one stamen belongs to the first class; as — 
there are some plants here with one pistil, and others with 
two, there are a first and second order in the first class. — 
46. What is the largest division of plants ? 
47. How many classes are there? 
48. How is each class divided ? ‘ 
49. What circumstances would place a plant in the a or second 
order of the first class? rssh 
