" The only way to become Naturalists, in the most pleasing sense of the term, is to 

 observe the habits of the plants anil animals that we see around us, not so much with 

 a view of finding out what is uncommon, as of being well acquainted with that which 

 is of evety-day occurrence. Nor is this a task of difficulty or one of dull routine. 

 Every change of elevation, of exposure, is accompanied by a variation both in plants 

 and in animals ; and every season and week, nay almost every day, brings something 

 new; so that while the Book of Nature is more accessible and more easily read than 

 the books of the library, it is at the same time more varied. In whatever place, or at 

 whatever time, one may be disposed to take a walk, in the most sublime scenes or the 

 bleakest wastes ; on arid downs, or on the margins of rivers and lakes ; inland or by 

 the sea shore; in the wild or on the cultivated ground; and in all kinds ef weather 

 and all seasons of the year, Nature is open to our enquiry." 



THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



" Oneef the greatest charms attached to the study of botany is its giving an interest 

 of the deepest kind to our rambles in the country. A love of plants leads to an 

 enthusiastic admiration of nature, as her beauty or workmanship are displayed in their 

 formation ; but still it is not, perhaps, more the love of the objects as such, than the 

 circumstance that their study leads us into every variety of the diversified scenery of 

 the landscape. It affords a constant attraction to the mind, of the most agreeable 

 description, and affords a pleasure in its pursuit that is ever permanent." 



Dr. DRUMMOND. 



CIRENCESTER : 

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