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called the flower Day’s-eye. The French name for the daisy 
is la belle Marguerite. 
CHAPTER Xx. 
Class \st-—Class 2nd. 
504. ‘You have now been made acquainted with many impor- 
tant principles in the science of Botany. You were first taught 
the names of the different parts of a flower; then how to find to 
what class, order, genera, and species, some particular plants 
belonged; and after that, all the classes and orders were ex- 
plained. We then took up the subject of plants generally, and 
considered them as respects their various organs, as the root, 
stem, leaf, &c.; this part of the study is often called elementary 
Botany, while the study of classes and orders is called syste- 
matic Botany. 
505. The different families of plants, as they seem distinguish- 
ed by nature, were next considered. It is to be hoped that you 
now understand clearly the difference between natural fami- 
lies, and artificial classes ; viz. that the former, such as the 
families of lilies, roses, &c. are distinguished by characters 
which may be noticed by all observers; while the latter are 
founded upon circumstances which botanists have agreed to 
found their classifications upon. 
506. In pursuing the study of Botany, it is necessary that 
you should have a great deal of practice, in the systematic part; 
that is, that you should analyze many plants, and be careful te 
collect and examine flowers. We shall now consider some of 
the classes and orders in a more particular manner, and give 
examples of plants which belong to them. 
504. What is said of the different principles which you have now 
been made acquainted with? 
505. What do you understand to be the difference between Naturai 
Families and Artificial Classes? 
506. What is said of practice in Botany ? 
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