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be otherwise, then, than that in the whole New World material should 
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how much better in such cases, to fit your book to its proper readers than 
to fit the readers to it. The fault we should find is not with the plan of 
of Massachusetts. We quite like to see the popular names put foremost, 
ble. For instance Virgin’s Bower is not a proper name for Wistarca Sru- 
coin 
“esa globularis as False Heath, nor has it any scientific claim to oy ap- 
Pellation. While in critical mood we may express a strong dissent from 
ceasty beautiful in cultivation, none the less so because its ce is so 
erent, having light an ndent branches, when well grown forming 
road and thick masses, and loaded with its handsome rose-colored: blos- 
S*tstio commendation. Magnolia Fraseri may not only be “cultivated in 
ihe Open air near Philadelphia,” but is perfectly hardy near Boston, and 
*atliest to blossom ; but we never noticed the fragrance of the flow- 
