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what it is, so that he may get it at one nursery or another. 

 But the lateness of the hour, Mr. Chairman, will prevent 

 my speaking any further. 



Mr. Colman having concluded his remarks, the Chairman 

 said: — 



I am very glad, gentlemen, that Mr. Colman so frankly 

 mentioned what has occurred to him in visiting the Garden, 

 because it gives me the opportunity to say that, at the sug- 

 gestion of the Director, the Trustees some time ago gave 

 directions that every tree and plant in the Garden should 

 have affixed to it a suitable label, for the very purpose to 

 which he has referred. 



Mr. Shaw's will, you will remember, designates as the 

 guests to be invited at this annual banquet, literary as well 

 as scientific men, friends and patrons of the natural sciences. 

 That duty we have endeavored to fulfill, and with very grat- 

 ifying success, —though not all that we hoped for, for our 

 desires and expectations are very extensive. It is quite 

 evident that in his thoughts there was no trace of that 

 ancient prejudice, not yet absolutely extinct, in virtue of 

 which it was once supposed that there was some kind of 

 conflict between Literature and Science. Men of culture, 

 in this day, occupy broader ground. They know that 

 between literature, or what used to be called " the human- 

 ities," and science, there is no opposition. Like the 

 Muses of old, they are sisters, harmonious in their different 

 spheres. The universities of our own country not only 

 recognize the value, indeed the necessity, of scientific in- 

 struction, but are including scientific schools among their 

 departments. We have the pleasure this evening of wel- ■ 

 coming among our guests a gentleman who represents 

 perhaps particularly the literary branch of culture, — the 

 President of Randolph-Macon College of Virginia. And I 

 shall ask Dr. Smith if he will be kind enough to illustrate 

 for us the fact that literature and botanical science are nearly 

 connected, that they sometimes have, a very intimate and 



