90 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1895. 



Mr. Jackson. I think there is one drawback in the minds of a great 

 many people who study botany, and that is the difficulty they find in 

 learning the hard names. 



When I started in on the subject, I found that I could learn only 

 one at a time, but after a while I had a long list of them. I took in- 

 terest in the plants and remembered them merely because I wanted 

 the botanical names, and could therefore retain them. The botanical 

 names are not so hard as to discourage anyone. The shorter names 

 are not so hard but that children learn them. One of the first things 

 one wants to know in the study of botany, is the name of the plant 

 he has in mind, just the same as he wants to know the names of the 

 people he meets. He takes an added interest in every one whose 

 name he knows, especially if it is a well-known name. People some- 

 times think they cannot learn the names themselves, and therefore 

 discourage others. It is a very simple subject after a time. 



