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to the open-air naturalist ; and to the geologist, 

 too, who knows the nature of the soil by the 

 plants growing on it, and learns the history of 

 the crust of the earth, and the temperature of 

 old continents, by fossil plants in the rocks. 

 It is an excellent training for the young. 

 It teaches them to look at and love Nature. 

 It leads to drawing, and so increases their 

 power of observation. It teaches them the 

 delicate handling of things, and the accurate 

 use of words. 



The love of living plants, with some know- 

 ledge of their ways and names, has always 

 been a solace for mankind a health-resort for 

 deeply occupied minds. 



John Stuart Mill, from the time of his 

 discovery of an orange-coloured Balsam on the 

 banks of the Wey just a hundred years ago : 

 in the summer of 1822 used to turn to a 

 search for wild flowers with unfailing delight ; 

 and must have returned refreshed by them for 

 more strenuous work. Arnold of Rugby used 

 to say that the wild flowers which grow on the 

 Westmoreland Mountains were his " music" 

 and all must agree with the great schoolmaster 

 when he wrote l that he " could not bear to see 

 them removed from their natural places by 

 the wayside, where others might enjoy them as 

 well as himself." 



This love of flowers brings its own reward, 

 for botanists are among those who find that, 

 in spite of the rude shocks of life, it is well to 

 have lived, and to have seen the everlasting 

 beauty of the world. 



1 Stanley's Life of Dr. Arnold, vol i., p. 197. 



