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BOTANY. 



[Sect. XII. 



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A question will naturally suggest itself to the trav eller 

 not previously versed in the vegetable productions of dif- 

 ferent parts of the globe, " In what regions can I most 

 iffectuallv serve the cause of botany ?" The answer is 

 ready : In almost every portion of our world the inquiring 

 mind will find objects for study ; though assuredly the 

 less the coimtry has been tracked by Europeans and men 

 of science, the more fertile it may be expected to prove 

 in noveltv. But even where the coast has been visited 

 and tolerablv accurately investigated, the interior, espe- 

 cially if mountainous (and the loftier the mountains the 

 more varied the vegetation), will afford an ample field 

 for research. Even with regard to many frequented 

 spots it has been truly observed that few persons visit 

 them " with their eyes open." Thus, while some tra- 

 vellers boldly assert that the vicinity of Aden is utterly 

 destitute of vegetation, others have detected plants of 

 very peculiar structure, and admirably adapted to such a 

 locality •, and one estimable naturalist, Pakenhara Edge- 



has actually published a Florida entitle 

 ■lu-'s Botanizing Excursion at Aden,' givin 



during that brief 



tim.e, eleven of which are considered new to science. 

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