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facts that call for technical expression. Elementary 

 teaching in particular, which should be solely con- 

 cerned with what is well-ascertained and important, 

 can always be carried on in English. 



I should much like to see a British Flora which 

 would be intelligible without a dictionary to anybody 



FIG. 56. Ling (Calluna vulgaris). a, a leafy branch, magnified ; b, a leaf, 

 from below ; c, cross-section of leaf. 



who would first take the trouble to master the structure 

 of half a dozen plant-types. The thing could be 

 done, and if done in a human way, without respect to 

 the scruples of highly special students, would ck) much 

 to enlarge the body of working naturalists. 



The very commonest plant of the moors is Ling, 



