LIFE HISTORIES OF FAMILIAR PLANTS 



the broom belongs to the genus Sarothamnus, the 

 laburnum to the genus Cytisus, and the gorse to 

 the genus Ulex, and that their scientific names are 

 Sarothamniis scoparins, Cytisiis labiirmim, and 

 Ulex europcBus, respectively. Such information 

 would convey to the scientific botanist much of 

 what I have previously explained by another 

 method. While I have no particular objection to 

 dry science myself^ I am rather inclined to think 

 that the general reader prefers his dry science 

 somewhat adulterated. However, I have put the 

 matter both ways, and my readers, therefore, may 

 make their own choice. 



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