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not a thoiightfulness for the plant, less it degenerate into an un- 

 healthy sentiment, but a request that consideration be given to the 

 rights of other people, that common property be protected for com- 



Tu'iNKLOWEK (Linncea borealts). 



mon enjoyment. Efforts to create reforms through calling upon 

 higher altruistic motives require a long time for their process of evolu- 



Great Laurel {Rhododendron maximum). 



tion, and demand most strenuous Avork iu order that the 'influence of 

 the enlightened few' may be felt by the 'unenlightened many.' Per- 

 manent reform is best assured by positive rather than negative means. 



