1040. But to know the name of an object is not to know its nature; therefore having stored up a great many names in your memory, and become familiarised with the plants by which you are surrounded, and with the art of discovering the names of such as may be brought to you by the Linnï¾µan method; the next thing is to study plants according to their natural affinities, by referring them to their natural orders, and observing the properties common to each order. Then proceed to study their anatomy, chemistry, and physiology; and lastly, their history and application. For these purposes Lindley's Introduction to Botany, and De Candolle's Organographie Vegetale, may be reckoned standard works. Books of figures, such as Sowerby's English Botany, the Botanical Magazine, the Botanical Register, Paxton's Magazine, the Ladies' Flower Garden, &c., are eminently useful for the first department, but they can only come into the hands of a few. Those who understand French will find the elementary works of De Candolle, Mirbel, and Richard, of a superior description; and those who have studied German will find many excellent elementary botanical works in that language.
