THE MID-JULY FLOWERS. 
The system of binomial nomenclature as perfected by Linnzus has 
wonderfully helped the mind of man to domesticate the wild infinity of 
Nature . . . . so that a plant-name cannot wander out of the ranks any 
more than a runaway soldier could elude observation in the ancient Em- 
pire of the Ceesars. 
= Ease English Plant Names. 
Natural History studies appeal to the reason, to the 
judgment, and to the spiritual nature of man. Their 
pursuit produces in the mind a habit of order and ar- 
rangement, and at the same time improves the bodily 
senses by the accuracy of the observation necessary to 
discriminate the various objects which pass in review. 
Their value will depend somewhat upon the method 
and the fulness with which they are pursued. Suppose 
children were taught at school nothing but the names 
of the twenty-six letters of the alphabet and of the ten 
figures of the Arabic notation, without any insight into 
the wonderful results to be attained by their manifold 
combinations and relations, we should undoubtedly say 
