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242 Address of Prof. DeCandolle, 
less, the admirable plan of nomenclature that science has pro- 
vided for horticulturists, and which they cannot too much appre- 
ciate and respect.” 
ture.—The pursuit of horticulture dem ooks er herbaaiie 
as that of scientific botany requires Galiyated living plants. 
Thence the necessity, w is more an recognized, of 
i more a 
bringing together the materials for comparison in the same town, 
the same establishment, and even under the same administra- 
tion, organized so as to facilitate the use of them. How many 
institutions in Europe, either private or public, would be bene- 
ted by this arrangement! How many towns and countries are 
now deficient—some i n libraries, some in herbaria, some in re- 
th of botanists and horticulturists. Each of these clan 
must clearly have distinct characteristics; but the one should 
be influenced by the ae By these means, some too retiring 
dispositions aa be brought out, and certain dormant powers 
_ developed, Horticulture, “ instance, has a commercial ten- 
met ts nomenclature and its minute observations, has some- 
thing technical and dry about it, which contrasts with the gran- 
eur of nature, and with the sentiment of art. It is for horti- 
culture, combining, as it does, the planning and the decorations 
of gardens, to develop the ssethetie faculties of the savant, as of 
the world in general. A lovel y flower, beautiful trees, a splen- 
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lwo years ago I made a request to the eco sa des ace pagent se 
Belges, which appears to Pad eth favorably received, and i ot be usele: 
to repeat it here. It a in begging the siotinatturiate who obati new sae 
ties not to give them botanical names, with a Latin designation, but merely arbi- 
trary names of quite a aiercak nature, in order to avoid confusion and useless re- 
ches. in oks. For example, if called a Gale olaria, Sebastopol, or Tri- 
ree Gand, every one would understand it meant a garden hao but if 
ones, the better it is, unless ‘they can be appended to the Sy ee omenclature: 
as as when we ony Brassica campestris oleifera, instead of, shortly, C 
_.” The Botanical Gardens at Kew area fine example of 5 Shoald be done, 
large or a more modest 3 Dee 
are yet inconvenient or incomplete. niaiy wrwnn where t the means of udy 
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