FACILE BOTANICORUM PRINCE PS 125 



It would be as ungracious as it would be futile to attempt to 

 rob the great botanist of the meed of praise which by all that 

 is right belongs to him, because he could not escape from the 

 influence of limiting factors. His supreme merit rests in his 

 wonderful elucidation of the morphology and inter-relationships 

 of the higher plants, and if we judge him by his achievements 

 in this field we shall hardly disagree with v. Humboldt in accord- 

 ing to him the title of Facile Botanicorum princeps, Britanniae 

 gloria et ornamentum. 



