PERSONALITY OF PLANTS 
of knowledge, and speculation is the parent of 
modern science. Astrologers, reading the for- 
tunes of nations and individuals in the stars, 
paved the way for the great and exact science 
of astronomy. Studious alchemists in searching 
for a cheap way to make gold, laid the foun- 
dations of the profound science of chemistry. 
In a similar way, the old herbalists, with their 
secret potions and mysterious compounds, were 
the instigators of the accurate study of medicine, 
and most important from our standpoint, were 
instruments which greatly advanced the love 
and growing appreciation of plants and flowers. 
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