92 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 
The best figure of the plant that we have met with 
in any botanical work is in Sweet’s “British Flower 
Garden ” (¢. 3). It is also figured in the Botanical Maga- 
zine (t. 1659) as C. tuberosu, which Sweet regards as a 
mistake ; for, he says, this has “smooth leaves and 
hairy peduncles, whereas (. fvJerosa has hairy .leaves and 
smooth peduncles.” The very broad views that now prevail 
in respect of the characters of species would sanction the 
opinion that these two “species” are but two forms of 
the same plant; but we must not encumber these pages 
with the heavy arguments that might be needful to estab- 
lish exact identity. Certain it is that “ species” are now 
more boldly separated than in the days of Sweet and 
Herbert and Haworth. After all, more depends perhaps 
on words than ideas—that is, in respect of these verbal 
distinctions. What one regards as a species, another may 
regard as a mere variety, and the difference of terminology 
will not matter much in the end, provided all behold the 
truth as nature presents it to our notice. 
