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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  [ 
  March, 
  

  

  latter 
  especially, 
  unsatisfactory 
  to 
  him. 
  He 
  lived 
  to 
  carry 
  out 
  the 
  re- 
  

   vision 
  of 
  only 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  these, 
  the 
  platea 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  cast 
  just 
  before 
  

   his 
  departure 
  for 
  Europe 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1886. 
  Realizing 
  the 
  futility 
  of 
  

   undertaking 
  the 
  greater 
  task 
  of 
  re-writing 
  the 
  Manual, 
  he 
  had 
  planned 
  to 
  

   confide 
  this 
  work 
  to 
  his 
  associate 
  in 
  the 
  Harvard 
  Herbarium, 
  and 
  the 
  

   senior 
  editor 
  of 
  the 
  Gazette, 
  hoping 
  to 
  exercise 
  a 
  general 
  supervision 
  

   himself. 
  Unfortunately 
  he 
  was 
  not 
  spared 
  for 
  this, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  

   the 
  work 
  was 
  left 
  in 
  good 
  hands, 
  and 
  the 
  editors 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  edition 
  are 
  

   deserving 
  of 
  praise 
  for 
  the 
  faithfulness 
  with 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  striven 
  to 
  

   make 
  the 
  book 
  what 
  Dr. 
  Gray 
  wou'd 
  have 
  made 
  it 
  himself. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  book 
  it 
  is 
  every 
  bit 
  as 
  good 
  as 
  the 
  last 
  edition, 
  which 
  is 
  saying 
  a 
  

   good 
  deal 
  for 
  a 
  volume 
  containing 
  so 
  many 
  abbreviations 
  and 
  technical 
  

   expressions 
  and 
  symbols, 
  over 
  which 
  printers 
  are 
  apt 
  to 
  stumble. 
  As 
  a 
  

   manual 
  for 
  convenient 
  use, 
  it 
  is 
  considerably 
  better, 
  since 
  its 
  range 
  has 
  

   been 
  extended 
  to 
  the 
  eastern 
  Hmits 
  of 
  the 
  Bocky 
  Mountain 
  flora, 
  and 
  its 
  

   scope 
  has 
  been 
  enlarged 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  once 
  more 
  include 
  the 
  Liverworts, 
  these 
  

   changes 
  involving 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  five 
  excellent" 
  plates 
  of 
  detail 
  figures 
  

   similar 
  to 
  the 
  twenty 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  edition, 
  which 
  are 
  reproduced. 
  With 
  

   the 
  Manual 
  for 
  the 
  northern 
  and 
  eastern 
  region, 
  Coulter's 
  Flora 
  for 
  the 
  

   Rocky 
  Mountain 
  section, 
  Chapman 
  for 
  the 
  south, 
  and 
  Lesquereux 
  and 
  

   James 
  for 
  the 
  mosses 
  cf 
  the 
  entire 
  country, 
  students 
  are 
  pretty 
  well 
  

   equipped 
  for 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  our 
  flora 
  above 
  the 
  Thallophytes, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  all 
  

   but 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  and 
  Texan 
  regions 
  are 
  concerned. 
  Notwithstanding 
  

   the 
  many 
  additions 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  ten 
  years, 
  the 
  Botany 
  

   of 
  California 
  still 
  renders 
  good 
  service 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  these, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Botany 
  of 
  the 
  Boundary 
  Survey 
  and 
  the 
  reports 
  on 
  the 
  collections 
  of 
  

   other 
  expeditions 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  character, 
  make 
  it 
  possible, 
  if 
  not 
  easy, 
  to 
  

   name 
  plants 
  from 
  the 
  latter. 
  

  

  Had 
  the 
  new 
  edition 
  of 
  the 
  Manual 
  appeared 
  after 
  a 
  greater 
  lapse 
  of 
  

   time 
  since 
  Professor 
  Gray's 
  death, 
  it 
  would 
  undoubtedly 
  have 
  shown 
  a 
  

   greater 
  number 
  of 
  unfamiliar 
  names 
  than 
  is 
  now 
  the 
  case; 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  grat- 
  

   itymg 
  to 
  find 
  that 
  in 
  an 
  edition 
  planned 
  by 
  him 
  a 
  conscientious 
  eflForthas 
  

   Deen 
  made 
  to 
  conform 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  possible 
  to 
  his 
  views 
  regarding 
  the 
  limi- 
  

   tation 
  and 
  nomenclature 
  of 
  species, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  changes 
  that 
  now 
  appear 
  

   would 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  had 
  he 
  been 
  permitted 
  to 
  re- 
  

   vise 
  the 
  book 
  himself, 
  as 
  is 
  evinced 
  by 
  the 
  many 
  changes 
  in 
  the 
  Gamo- 
  

   petalse 
  of 
  is 
  region 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  author 
  in 
  his 
  study 
  of 
  these 
  plants 
  for 
  

   the 
  Synoptical 
  Flora. 
  ^ 
  

  

  «in. 
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  ""'" 
  doubtless 
  be 
  criticised 
  for 
  this 
  feature 
  of 
  their 
  work, 
  

   «wfi 
  '^ 
  '" 
  ""T 
  ^° 
  ^"'^istakable 
  disposition 
  to 
  fix 
  the 
  earliest-used 
  

   epecific 
  name 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  under 
  whatever 
  genus 
  this 
  may 
  first 
  

  

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  ^^aches 
  for 
  both 
  

   fls 
  rll 
  ^. 
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  ^^^ 
  Linn^an 
  introduction 
  of 
  binomi- 
  

   als, 
  regardless 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  changes 
  that 
  are 
  involved, 
  or 
  of 
  the 
  num- 
  

  

  