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the history of the plant, we find that the earlier bota- 

 nists, did include it in the family from which it has 

 been removed only within comparatively recent time. 

 It is really a question which is right in the matter, the 

 butterfly or the botanist. I shall live in hopes of see- 

 ing the scientific brethren united in giving the priority 

 to Dr. Danais Archippus, who doubtless classed the 

 dog-bane with the milk-weed ages before the world 

 knew a human botanist. 



