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seems to indicate is most worth while to anyone. We may begin our study 

 as indicated at the beginning of this chapter, or we may prefer to go 

 into the field and learn to distinguish plants from other objects in our 

 environment. The plants growing all about us are just as important ob- 

 jects of study where they grow as are the materials carried to the labora- 

 tory, and they may be studied much more frequently and leisurely. In 

 Chapters II to VI several other approaches to the study of plants are 

 suggested; any of tliem may be preferred to the ones suggested in this 

 chapter. 



