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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE, 
  34I 
  

  

  that, 
  SO 
  far 
  as 
  real 
  biological 
  teaching 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  is 
  concerned, 
  the 
  

   zoologists 
  were 
  the 
  pioneers, 
  is 
  it 
  less 
  to 
  the 
  credit 
  of 
  American 
  botanists 
  

   that 
  they 
  could 
  escape 
  from 
  the 
  old 
  traditions 
  and 
  recognize 
  the 
  vivify^ 
  

   ing 
  influence 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  ideas? 
  It 
  is 
  true, 
  perhaps, 
  that 
  American 
  bot- 
  

   anists 
  have 
  hardly 
  yet 
  recognized 
  the 
  full 
  applicability 
  of 
  what 
  are 
  called 
  

   "zoological 
  methods" 
  to 
  the 
  solution 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  their 
  own 
  problems; 
  

   but 
  is 
  that 
  any 
  reason 
  why 
  zoologists 
  should 
  calmly 
  assume 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  

   necessary 
  data 
  for 
  biological 
  generalizations 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  ani- 
  

   mal 
  sources 
  ? 
  May 
  it 
  not 
  be 
  suggested 
  to 
  the 
  (animal) 
  " 
  biologist" 
  who 
  

   does 
  condescend 
  to 
  demonstrate 
  to 
  his 
  class 
  the 
  streaming 
  of 
  protoplasm 
  

   inNitella 
  or 
  karyokinesis 
  in 
  the 
  root-tip 
  of 
  an 
  onion, 
  that 
  this 
  slight 
  

   recognition 
  of 
  the 
  superiority 
  of 
  vegetable 
  tissues 
  for 
  the 
  study 
  oJ 
  vital 
  

   phenomena 
  might 
  well 
  be 
  carried 
  much 
  further 
  if 
  he 
  but 
  knew 
  it. 
  

  

  That 
  there 
  are 
  naany 
  colleges 
  where 
  botany 
  is 
  a 
  mere 
  species 
  grind, 
  

   we 
  all 
  know 
  too 
  well, 
  but, 
  is 
  our 
  "prominent 
  zoologist" 
  so 
  guileless 
  as 
  to 
  

   imagine 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  quality 
  of 
  a 
  boomerang 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  state- 
  

   ment? 
  If 
  so, 
  I 
  beg 
  to 
  assure 
  him 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  colleges 
  of 
  repute, 
  yes, 
  

   and 
  " 
  universities." 
  where 
  botany 
  is 
  well 
  taught, 
  while 
  the 
  zoology 
  is 
  a 
  

   round 
  of 
  counting 
  scales 
  or 
  tail 
  feathers 
  ; 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  still 
  others 
  where, 
  

   as 
  between 
  the 
  two, 
  the 
  choice 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  " 
  the 
  devil 
  or 
  the 
  deep 
  sea." 
  

  

  The 
  Gazette^s 
  complaint 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  timely 
  and 
  just 
  one. 
  I 
  have 
  

   heard 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  leaders 
  of 
  American 
  zoology 
  remark 
  upon 
  this 
  very 
  

   condition 
  of 
  things 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  that 
  he 
  could 
  not 
  understand 
  why 
  botanists 
  

   remain 
  silent 
  while 
  chairs 
  of 
  biology 
  are 
  repeatedly 
  filled 
  with 
  zoologists 
  

   pure 
  and 
  simple, 
  whose 
  teachings, 
  if 
  not 
  their 
  conceptions, 
  of 
  biology 
  are 
  

   wholly 
  one-sided 
  And 
  he 
  added, 
  "If 
  I 
  were 
  a 
  botanist, 
  I 
  should 
  be 
  

   aeard 
  from/' 
  But, 
  if 
  some 
  one 
  says 
  he 
  can 
  do 
  better 
  by 
  himself 
  and 
  by 
  

   nis 
  students 
  if 
  he 
  confines 
  his 
  work 
  to 
  the 
  animal 
  kingdom, 
  we 
  shall 
  have 
  

   no 
  quarrel. 
  I 
  believe 
  it 
  is 
  best 
  for 
  the 
  occupant 
  of 
  a 
  chair 
  of 
  biology 
  to 
  

   p 
  either 
  a 
  zoologist 
  or 
  a 
  botanist, 
  for 
  the 
  obvious 
  reason 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  best 
  

   X 
  ^,?^^ 
  ^o 
  teach 
  well 
  what 
  he 
  teaches. 
  The 
  wrong 
  thing 
  is 
  that 
  there 
  

   sQould 
  be 
  chairs 
  of 
  biologv. 
  It 
  is 
  absurd 
  to 
  expect 
  a 
  man 
  to 
  cover 
  the 
  

   new 
  of 
  modern 
  biology. 
  Yet, 
  in 
  how 
  many 
  institutions 
  where 
  no 
  one 
  

   jould 
  think 
  of 
  expecting 
  one 
  man 
  to 
  teach 
  physics 
  and 
  chemistry 
  or 
  

   English 
  literature 
  and 
  rhetoric, 
  must 
  one 
  man 
  stagger 
  under 
  that 
  load. 
  

   iU 
  4. 
  ^^^^^ 
  ^^ 
  money 
  to 
  employ 
  but 
  one 
  man, 
  make 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  it 
  and 
  see 
  

   ^^.^[^^^logy 
  or 
  botany 
  is 
  well 
  taught, 
  but 
  don't 
  delude 
  your 
  students 
  

   ^Hh 
  the 
  Idea 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  to 
  become 
  biologists 
  in 
  a 
  term. 
  In 
  the 
  name 
  

   ?: 
  common 
  honesty 
  and 
  sound 
  ideas 
  let 
  us 
  ".call 
  a 
  spade 
  a 
  spade, 
  ana 
  

   ^ot 
  a 
  subsoil 
  plough. 
  James 
  Ellis 
  Humphrey. 
  

  

  AmJierst, 
  Mass. 
  

  

  Mounting 
  plants. 
  

  

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  g 
  g 
  — 
  

  

  Sorne 
  articles 
  in 
  the 
  Botanical 
  Gazette 
  of 
  October 
  called 
  attention 
  

   vp,!''!^'^^^™ent 
  of 
  '■ 
  Biological 
  Sarveys," 
  and 
  the 
  editors 
  rnade 
  some 
  

  

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  should 
  consiaer 
  pianus 
  as 
  umiug.-"- 
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  be 
  catalogued, 
  etc." 
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  preat 
  importance 
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  t«o 
  clear, 
  and 
  although 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  intend 
  to 
  dis 
  

   auln? 
  ' 
  '""^J^^t 
  "lore 
  than 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  done, 
  I 
  should 
  hke 
  to 
  call 
  

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  ^ 
  ^^'•tain 
  point, 
  which 
  undoubtedly 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  m 
  

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  and 
  which 
  might 
  form 
  an 
  additional 
  remark 
  to 
  th^e 
  of 
  

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  ^e^tioned 
  abovl. 
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  is 
  merely 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  preservation 
  

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  herbaria. 
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  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  herbaria 
  should 
  not 
  only 
  be 
  pre 
  

  

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