983. The study of plants comprehends the following objects; viz. their nomenclature, or the power of distinguishing one kind from another; their description, or the mode of conveying intelligence respecting them; their classification, or the mode of arranging them, in order that they may be studied in masses; the formation of herbaria for their systematic study; their organography, their physiology, their geographical distribution, and the principles of vegetable culture. To each of these subjects we shall devote a chapter; not for the purpose of treating upon them at length, but in order to point out such of their leading features as may impress on the mind of the young gardener the immense importance, to him, of studying them, in all their details, from the botanical works which will be referred to.
