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turists and botanists. Mr M'Nab gave me 

 a number of specimens, and much informa- 

 tion about trees and plants. He is also, I 

 think, rather a hothouse and evergreen man. 

 What I should like would be a conversation 

 with a regular thorough-bred forester. All 

 those I have happened to fall in with are 

 gardeners, florists, horticulturists or nursery- 

 men, agriculturists, botanists, all distinct 

 species (I would almost say genera), being 

 truly and specifically distinct from your 

 regular practical forester. But I have done 

 all I could, and I have got as much instruc- 

 tion as possible, on every available point. I 

 do hope it will be productive of some bene- 

 ficial results on our little experiment with 

 the trees at Halligarth." 



Although his " Flora " was arranged upon 

 the Linnaean system, he had evidently thought 

 much on the subject, and in his correspond- 

 ence with Professor Babington he says : 



"Are you an advocate for the Jussieuan 

 (or natural) system ? I have been a profound 

 admirer of the simple and beautiful classifica- 

 tion of the " immortal Swede," and I cannot 

 but think that, with a little modification, the 

 Linnaean would be the more preferable of 



