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FOREWORD 



IT is with great pleasure that I venture to commend this little 

 work both to Teachers and Learners. I believe that it is sound 

 in its method, and that it will not only help to train the minds 

 of those who use it intelligently, but also lead the way to that 

 further study of nature upon right principles which, as time goes 

 on, affords for so many, a solace and delight amid the " sick 

 hurry " and pressure of modern life. Any business man who 

 takes a pleasure in his herbaceous garden, or in shrubs and trees, 

 or in his farm, will know what this means. 



Of all kinds of study, the study of nature pre-eminently deserves 

 the encomium of Horace, " Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile 

 dulci." 



EDMOND WARRE. 



ETON, September 1903. 



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