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while it presents the idea of function at every turn as a factor 

 that is molding and modifying types to a degree that we 

 scarcely as yet realize. It is, proverbially, a hazardous and 

 ungrateful task to forecast the future. Nevertheless, we 

 venture to predict that the formation of botanical museums on 

 the plan now sketched, in all the higher institutions of learning, 

 would do much to advance the science of Botany, and commend 

 it in our system of education as a living science of living 

 things. 



