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in Nature," a book which I heartily commend to all who 

 would " look from nature up to nature's God." 



" Many are the important lessons which may be drawn 

 from the study of plants when prosecuted in the true 

 spirit of wisdom. The volume of creation is then made 

 the volume of inspiration, and the more that each is 

 studied, the more shall we find occasion to observe the 

 harmony that subsists between them. It is only Science 

 falsely so called which is in any way opposed to Scripture. 

 The more minutely we examine the phenomena of the 

 material world, and the more fully we compare the facts 

 of science with revealed truth, the more reason shall we 

 have to exclaim, in adoring wonder, with the Psalmist of 

 old, ' Lord, how manifold are Thy works ! in wisdom 

 hast Thou made them all; the earth is full of Thy 

 riches ' " (Professor Balfour's " Manual of Botany "). 



