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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE, 
  [J^ne, 
  

  

  OPEN 
  LETTERS, 
  

  

  An 
  appeal 
  to 
  botanists. 
  

  

  For 
  many 
  years 
  I 
  have 
  published 
  a 
  general 
  analytical 
  herbarium 
  of 
  

  

  useful 
  plants. 
  This 
  

  

  indispensable 
  material 
  

  

  IS 
  publication, 
  chiefly 
  for 
  teaching 
  purposes, 
  furnishes 
  

   erial 
  for 
  colleges, 
  universities, 
  etc., 
  and 
  was 
  very 
  favor- 
  

  

  ably 
  spoken 
  of 
  by 
  : 
  Zeitschrift 
  der 
  Deutschen 
  Botanischen 
  Gesellschaft 
  

  

  T3 
  ?^ 
  At 
  r 
  ^* 
  Belgique 
  Horticole 
  (p. 
  247, 
  1885) 
  : 
  The 
  Journal 
  of 
  

   Botany 
  (March 
  1SS6) 
  ; 
  Botanische 
  Zeitung 
  (p. 
  158, 
  1887) 
  ; 
  Oesterr.-Botan 
  

   ische 
  Zeitschrift 
  (p. 
  299,1887); 
  Kevue 
  Horticole 
  (p. 
  179 
  1888;; 
  Ameri 
  

   ?n 
  .^/v^'^P-^^''/^^®)' 
  The 
  Botanical 
  Gazette 
  (December, 
  1888) 
  

   Vn.lf 
  /??' 
  ^^^^' 
  ^a^'orable 
  opinions 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  from 
  Prof 
  

   nl^L 
  Tp 
  ^"/"".^.-n 
  ^°^- 
  ^^^^^^ 
  at 
  Berhn), 
  the 
  Linnean 
  Societj 
  

   i^^n 
  pi'f 
  a""^^ 
  Willkomm 
  (Smichow), 
  Prof. 
  Henriques 
  (Coimbra, 
  Port 
  

   Snr 
  L.WT 
  ''^^T''^ 
  (Amsterdam), 
  Prof. 
  Ranwenhoff 
  (Utrecht), 
  Prof. 
  

   MmS 
  l^"^*^^"!^' 
  ^/''^- 
  Tschirch 
  (Berhn), 
  Prof. 
  Carruthers 
  (British 
  

   wi?h 
  thTi 
  ^ 
  Tiie 
  plants 
  of 
  my 
  pubUcation 
  I 
  mostly 
  cultivate 
  myself, 
  

   Kdian 
  .nf.^ 
  °^ 
  °^ 
  the 
  tropical 
  trees 
  and 
  palms, 
  which 
  I 
  get 
  from 
  my 
  

   tJosZllTnTr^'^'^lr^r'^^^^^ 
  has 
  become 
  much 
  

  

  miblSnn 
  T 
  .^"^ 
  t^'^^^ 
  ^^ 
  ^°°^ 
  «^t 
  for 
  a 
  larger 
  one 
  or 
  give 
  up 
  my 
  

   Canv 
  ain.?'tpL^^''^^°.^u' 
  ^'^"^^ 
  assistance 
  from 
  every 
  one 
  interested 
  in 
  

   a 
  district 
  iri''l; 
  ^^^ 
  proposed 
  garden 
  I 
  will 
  lay 
  out 
  in 
  Holland 
  in 
  

   of 
  boUnv 
  Tt 
  ^'^'f 
  *° 
  ^^' 
  P"^l^°^«' 
  ^^d 
  ^''^th 
  the 
  assistance 
  of 
  professors 
  

   hot 
  house; 
  for 
  Si 
  T^^^'"". 
  alfspecies 
  of 
  hardy, 
  useful 
  plants, 
  and 
  some 
  

   as 
  PossMe 
  /n 
  1 
  « 
  V^^?''^^ 
  ^^^'- 
  ^he 
  garden 
  should 
  be 
  as 
  extensive 
  

   dtrSn^i 
  L^^^r^^^ 
  *,^.t,^e 
  Purpose. 
  The 
  space 
  to 
  be 
  occupied 
  by 
  it 
  

  

  depends 
  

  

  $15000 
  nin^rTZX 
  "^""Y 
  """ 
  -i- 
  get, 
  ana 
  tor 
  this 
  purpose 
  i 
  wan 
  

   my 
  publicS 
  L 
  !l 
  ''I 
  ^^"^'^ 
  promising 
  assistance. 
  The 
  usefulness 
  of 
  

   boLS?, 
  r.if.i'^^.^'^y 
  P'^^^-ed 
  by 
  the 
  favorable 
  opinions 
  of 
  so 
  many 
  

  

  botanicalaitbnrTf;. 
  iu^™'^^ 
  ^^ 
  ttie 
  favorable 
  opinions 
  of 
  so 
  many 
  

   SSm 
  of 
  tb 
  . 
  S'^''? 
  ^'f 
  '^^^ 
  *^^^^ 
  ^^« 
  °ever 
  before 
  been 
  published 
  a 
  

   amonrbotanist 
  in 
  v 
  ^^^''^ 
  dissections). 
  I 
  have 
  got 
  many 
  subscribers 
  

   high 
  s^chools 
  etc 
  ^°T,^^^°P\^^d 
  America, 
  from 
  universities, 
  colleges, 
  

   coltribme 
  to 
  th; 
  hn 
  7?^\^ 
  ^^ 
  f 
  ^ 
  assistance 
  to 
  botanical 
  knowledge 
  to 
  

   appeal 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  Tn.'"''^ 
  '^%t\ 
  ^ 
  P^°P°^« 
  ^o 
  lay 
  out, 
  and 
  I 
  hope 
  my 
  

   the^nece^sarv 
  ?ifnrri^ 
  J^'^'-v. 
  ^^^ 
  Linnean 
  Society, 
  at 
  London, 
  will 
  give 
  

   of 
  thisTourill 
  hasTnn 
  '''^^^°''* 
  "^^^ 
  specimens, 
  and 
  Prof. 
  Coulter, 
  editor 
  

   WE±^^.L°"f 
  ^t«^^ 
  to 
  receive 
  American 
  contributions. 
  

  

  SoUand 
  

  

  M. 
  BUYSMAN 
  

  

  Study 
  of 
  buds. 
  

  

  serve 
  thTteISri'nmJf.^^1^^ 
  ^'^ 
  ^ints, 
  from 
  any 
  source, 
  which 
  may 
  

   ing 
  and 
  more 
  philosonhionf 
  '^l^^^^sons 
  in 
  botany 
  clearer, 
  more 
  intereat- 
  

   of 
  the 
  same 
  mind 
  and 
  ifv." 
  ^^^^ 
  ^^ 
  ^^^ 
  granted 
  that 
  other 
  teachers 
  are 
  

   ^aylcallitfncfc 
  whirhh.r^^'"^^'^'''"^^ 
  ^o 
  send 
  you 
  such 
  a 
  hint, 
  or 
  

   part 
  of 
  botanjTs 
  tauX 
  p,S 
  ' 
  • 
  "''^ 
  ™^ 
  ^'^^^ 
  '"^ 
  l^^^ons 
  ^pon 
  buds. 
  This 
  

   ree, 
  horsechestnut, 
  blech 
  etc 
  '^^.^'^^'^r, 
  but 
  twigs 
  of 
  hickory, 
  lilac, 
  tuhp 
  

   short 
  walk 
  to 
  eet 
  bom 
  't 
  •"' 
  "'^^ 
  ^^^'^J's 
  be 
  had 
  for 
  the 
  trouble 
  ot 
  at 
  

  

  themselves. 
  From 
  the 
  sV 
  LlT 
  ^° 
  "^t^^ 
  ^^^ 
  P^Pil^ 
  ?et 
  such 
  twigs 
  for 
  

   orderly 
  a 
  manner 
  as 
  noliffr'^'u 
  '^^^' 
  ^^^^^ 
  *" 
  they 
  can 
  and 
  in 
  a? 
  

  

  ner 
  as 
  possible, 
  by 
  observation, 
  comparison 
  and 
  drawing. 
  

  

  