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and do well to make it their chief study; while they should recog- 
nize the value of the other also, and learn from it. 
It is especially on behalf of the work in the field that I now 
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locality will not suffice. Many questions will arise which will 
prove a constant source of new interest. From such studies a 
floras of other countries, so as to have a standard for comparison 
in the estimate to be formed of the condition of matters in our 
own country. 
In how far is the present provision for the study of the flora of 
the British Islands sufficient and satisfactory ? 
venture to hope that the subject will be regarded as among 
those for the consideration of which the British Association was 
formed, and that a favourable view will be taken of the con 
of Morrison an y there have been many workers, 
especially during the past century ; and an extensive literature 
most of the information in it is beyond the reach of anyone, 
i of much time and labour Ci 
| except at the é : on- 
__ stantly increasing accumulation of new publications makes the 
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