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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  [ 
  AugUSt, 
  

  

  now 
  as 
  " 
  an 
  introduction 
  to 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  botany, 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  high 
  spools 
  

   especially, 
  but 
  sufficiently 
  comprehensive 
  to 
  serve 
  also 
  as 
  a 
  beginning 
  

   book 
  in 
  most 
  colleges." 
  It 
  comes 
  also 
  as 
  " 
  a 
  strong 
  protest 
  against 
  the 
  

   only 
  too 
  prevalent 
  idea 
  that 
  the 
  chief 
  aim 
  of 
  botany 
  is 
  the 
  ability 
  to 
  run 
  

   down 
  a 
  plant 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  an 
  ' 
  analytical 
  key,' 
  the 
  subject 
  being 
  ex- 
  

   hausted 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  is 
  discovered." 
  With 
  which 
  

   protest 
  we 
  are 
  in 
  complete 
  sympathy. 
  Fortunately 
  we 
  have 
  begun 
  to 
  

   see 
  the 
  decay 
  of 
  this 
  notion 
  of 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  botany 
  and 
  its 
  destruction 
  

   from 
  this 
  time 
  will 
  be 
  rapid. 
  

  

  We 
  must 
  doubt, 
  however, 
  whether 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  better 
  for 
  beginners 
  to 
  

   get 
  a 
  conception 
  first 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  gross 
  anatomy 
  of 
  the 
  flowering 
  plants. 
  

   Ihe 
  only 
  objection 
  that 
  can 
  be 
  urged 
  against 
  beginning 
  in 
  " 
  the 
  good 
  old 
  

   way 
  18 
  that 
  false 
  notions 
  of 
  the 
  relations 
  of 
  the 
  flowering 
  plants 
  and 
  

   their 
  structures 
  are 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  obtained, 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  difficult 
  to 
  eradi- 
  

   cate. 
  Any 
  teacher, 
  however, 
  who 
  is 
  capable 
  of 
  using 
  the 
  book 
  before 
  us 
  

   will 
  be 
  capable 
  of 
  imparting 
  correct 
  notions 
  of 
  the 
  phanerogams. 
  

   aerem 
  lies 
  the 
  chief 
  difficulty 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  teaching 
  botanv 
  is 
  concerned- 
  

   ine 
  trouble 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  much 
  with 
  the 
  books 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  with 
  the 
  teachers. 
  Few 
  

   will 
  be 
  found 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  high 
  schools 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  cities 
  who 
  are 
  

   ompetent 
  to 
  use 
  the 
  book 
  now 
  offered 
  to 
  them. 
  If 
  they 
  are 
  competent 
  

   e 
  tear 
  that 
  the 
  time 
  required 
  for 
  its 
  completion 
  will 
  prove 
  a 
  bar. 
  It 
  

   must 
  be 
  conceded 
  that 
  this 
  book 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  used 
  bv 
  a 
  teacher 
  wall- 
  

   ained 
  m 
  general 
  morphology 
  and 
  histology, 
  and 
  with 
  command 
  of 
  at 
  

   east 
  a 
  year 
  of 
  the 
  pupil's 
  time 
  for 
  two 
  hours 
  daily-conditions 
  hardly 
  to 
  

   expected 
  in 
  our 
  high 
  schools 
  and 
  too 
  seldom 
  attained 
  in 
  our 
  colleges. 
  

  

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  ^^^^ 
  ^^^^^ 
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  with 
  classification 
  that 
  at 
  times 
  it 
  

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  a 
  catalogue 
  of 
  orders 
  with 
  their 
  characters. 
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  reff 
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  memorized 
  they 
  are 
  too 
  voluminous. 
  If 
  they 
  are 
  

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  condensed. 
  In 
  general 
  its 
  plan 
  is 
  the 
  

   DartnfM? 
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  Essentials 
  of 
  Botany, 
  lacking 
  the 
  introductory 
  

   some 
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  account 
  of 
  individual 
  representatives 
  of 
  

  

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  here 
  as 
  curious 
  that 
  neither 
  of 
  

  

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  among 
  the 
  useful 
  reference 
  books.) 
  

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  with 
  the 
  author 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  wisdom 
  of 
  his 
  

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  has 
  had 
  a 
  clear 
  and 
  definite 
  plan 
  

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  are 
  nearly 
  all 
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  to 
  the 
  page. 
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  are 
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  sketchy- 
  

  

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   publisher 
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  m 
  every 
  way 
  excellent. 
  

  

  