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it varies in size, color, habit, etc., according to changing 4 
conditions, how it is related to other plants and how it 2 
may be classified, etc. Or we may pursue any one of — 
these lines more thoroughly than the others, and this to . 
the best advantage when we do not neglect the living 
plant in its natural state. 
Broadly speaking, each branch of botany, or each line 
of plant study, is as important, progressive, and product- 
ive of knowledge and intellectual development as any 
other; whether we study the plant from the economic 
point, h it Ly minister to our wants or otherwise 
: affect our welfare, and how we may modify its condition 
of growth, improving the good and destroying the “ 
_ or from the purely scientific point of view, study its struc: ee 
- ture, growth and behavior under various conditions, the — 
develo opment and functions of its organs and tissues, its — 
io tion to. environment, and the relation of the plant in 
ese respects to other plants and its position in the — 
stemati classification of. plants; or from the point of 
ew: of education and culture, aim to develop a more 
ee pastes broader and better view of life. ; 
- RicuMonp, N. we 
. on ferns attacked by ate leaf roller 
