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plant, but in different parts of it) - y the • 

 rtiape, ftru&ure, and color of the ftalk 

 and leaves ; the appearance and ftrufture 

 of the roots, and fuch other circumftan- 

 ces as chara&erize the different fpecies 

 of plants, ought never to be omitted. 



The Naturalift fhould likewife endea- 

 vour to keep ^n accurate journal, where- 

 in all the occurrences, obfervations, 

 places, diftances, defcriptions, accounts, 

 informations, and remarks, fhould regu- 

 larly and daily be entered, while recent 

 in memory. 



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