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arc written from herbarium sinrcimcns, and (lcscril)C 

 ihcm as ihcy appear spread out on paper. And yet 

 where there arc cluracteri^lic (loints t • ^"- '^^n when 

 the plant is fountl growing in its nati\L- Element, they 

 arc mcnliuncd. Vou will therefore find it particularly 

 serviceable in i<lcniifying mounted s|K'cimens. And 

 knowing these, you will have UtUe trouble in 

 ing them living. Hut the important <iucstion is, how 

 shall you bring the book and the pbni together, so 

 a:i to make the one guide the Icanicr to the other. 

 First of all by laying careful attcniioi. what the 

 book sa)-s, for, in c\ery instanr- •• • ''- •'^" emphasis 

 of its description u|)on the du»iiuiiui:juin^ lu.irk of t!ic 

 species. In the next pbcc, use your « 

 at the plant, and use your |X)wcrs of mcnul ol 

 Do not Ix: of those who "having eyes sec not. " iNow 

 there are. as I conceive, tn-o way a ihc 



lKX)k and pUnt together. The first Is by taking a 

 plant and hunting up its description and name in 

 the book. Y'»i» ^^^vi- two wa)-s for doing this: fn i, 

 srr- '^ •'^- • /lestion is figured in any of the 



pLiu u, lu iiAinc is there and it will be easy to 



find liic description. If you do not find it figured, 

 sec if you not fmd some plant figured, which is 



near enough hkc the one you are studying, to be a 

 brother or cousin to it If you do, that will give you 



