leopard's-mam:. 31] 



LEOPARDS-BANE. Doronicum PardaHanches^ 



Natural Order Composite DUcordece. Corymb iferw, 

 Juss. A Genus of the Syngencsia Polygamia Super- 

 jlua Class* 



"Were man to live coeval with the sun, 

 The patriarch pupil would be learning still ; 

 Yet, dying, leave his lesson half unlearnM. 



Youxg. 



Notwithstanding the study of botany, as far as 

 it relates to the nature and virtue of herbs and 

 plants, is the most ancient and universal of all 

 sciences, yet we may at the present time consider 

 ourselves but in the infancy of the art. So much 

 does the vegetable world offer to our contemplation 

 and research, that to become thoroughly acquainted 

 with the phytonomy of a small portion of our native 

 plants is more than the longest liver has been able 

 to accomplish. With the introduction of exotic 

 plants we are naturally led to inquire into their 

 character, and how far they have been made sub- 

 servient to the human species of their natural 

 regions : this inquiry is frequently made, without 

 taking into consideration the difference of climate 

 and habits of the people from whom we receive 



