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they did write nonsense, never gave their scientific descendants 
a Chance. 
Of course vanity is at the bottom of it all. 
My remedy is a simple one (for myself). I neither buy nor 
read these books. I am content with studying the live plants 
and animals about me; and their names are ¿he last thing 1. 
want to know. 
'The microscopic beauties of wild flowers alone, would al- 
most fill up the leisuro hours of a life time. Add the insects of 
your garden, or your ponds, or in the sea paola; and many lives 
would be too short for them. 
It is a good idea to make placemen or stamp-collectors of 
these pestilent species - makers; 1 would'nt hang the poor wret- 
ches, even if they did not hang themselves: but the latter fate 
migth overtake them if my advice were taken, and no one 
would either buy nor read their books.... as for your vice: 
“Si on ne peut Varracher...... qu'on Parrache:” 
Epigram: I heartily agree with. 
May you be successful! 
Believe me to be 
Yours very sincerely 
C. T. Hubson, Lt. D. F. R. 5. 
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Les “Hérésies taxinomistes” du Professeur Herrera. 
Article du “Natural Science” de Londres. 
On Nomenclature: A True Word in Jest. 
- Prof. Herrera show that nomenclature, as ib exists, ls a 
nuisance, unsatisfactory, and often absurd, and urges on authors 
the advisability of imposing on newly-discovered forms na- 
mes descriptive rather of their peculiarities than of the persons 
to whom the author is indebted. To emphasise this matter, he 
writes as follows: “In order that we may see the superiority 
