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erogamarum,” etc., etc.? Or, suppose he is a student in onedi 
the agricultural colleges, what more fitting subject for him than 
the thorough study of the grasses, or the injurious fungi? But 
what can he do in the first case without the ability to use Ster- 
del’s “ Synopsis Plantarum Graminarum,” the works of Kun 
Trinius, Nees, Hackel, or, in the second case, the works of Fries, | 
The Element of Time in Botanical Study.—In the arrang™ | 
ment of courses of study it should be borne in mind that the 
beginner in botany requires more time than is usually allotted 
plants by the stud 
conning of books. 
must have time in which 
tıme, extended time, i 
