before the Linnean Society, May, 1878. 243 
repeated observations of the original facts upon which they were 
founded. On the other hand, method and exposition are not 
times be found defective in detail, so German imagination is 
to wander too far from the facts from which it starte And 
this comparison of French method and German detail, of French 
theory and German speculation, will probably be found exem- 
plified not only in their physiological researches and elementary 
works, but also in their monographs and other systematic pub- 
lications. You learn more rapidly from a Frenchman ; 
Man supplies you with more materials for study ; and thus you 
derive equal benefit from both.” + 
The most important portion of the address is that which 
relates to Be 
The questions of Gymnospermy and Genealogy.—‘' An impor- 
y an 
tant question in entie Gesuioes first brought paris 
-y Robert Brown, and a subject of much controversy 
times, t ) 
Within, b di, bl —— 
In, but disti istingui e irom : 
, but distinct or distinguisha J double integu- 
of eus. RB 
hoo observations, published, in 18 
is simple or double integument correspond 
