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  INTRODUCTION 
  TO 
  BOTANY 
  

  

  or 
  more 
  different 
  species 
  of 
  plants. 
  We 
  must, 
  however, 
  keep 
  

   in 
  mind 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  what 
  we 
  really 
  want 
  to 
  find 
  out 
  is 
  not 
  

   primarily 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  plants, 
  but 
  what 
  plants 
  are, 
  how 
  and 
  

   where 
  the 
  different 
  groups 
  live, 
  how 
  they 
  reproduce 
  them- 
  

   selves, 
  and 
  how 
  their 
  habits 
  of 
  living 
  are 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  life 
  

   of 
  other 
  living 
  things. 
  We 
  must 
  have 
  definite 
  names 
  for 
  

   plants 
  and 
  for 
  their 
  parts 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  be 
  clear 
  when 
  we 
  speak 
  

   of 
  them, 
  just 
  as 
  we 
  need 
  names 
  for 
  different 
  people 
  in 
  order 
  

   that 
  we 
  may 
  designate 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  definite 
  way, 
  although 
  we 
  

   are 
  more 
  interested 
  in 
  what 
  they 
  are 
  and 
  what 
  they 
  do 
  than 
  

   in 
  their 
  names. 
  

  

  