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THE AMERICAN BOTANIST, 
Indeed, from the ver^^ nature of the subject, botany is like- 
ly to pay back better returns for the time spent upon it 
than most other studies. There are few pursuits, the ob- 
jects of which combine fragrance, delicate hues, marvelous 
forms and graceful habits, and in the study of these one 
may profitabh^ and pleasantly spend the spare hours of a 
lifetime. 
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The botanist msiy be described as a person interested 
in plants for the sake of the science, while the botanizer 
may be said to be interested in the science for the sake of 
the plants. Nor does the latter title carry an3^thing of 
reproach with it, rather the reverse. Certainly the one 
who gets the most genuine pleasure out of botan^^ is the 
botanizer. He has no special problems to bother him, but 
in his leisure moments — holidays, Sunday afternoons and 
during vacations — saunters countryward to botanize. 
He knows the names of the showy flowers, at least, and 
he knows when the\^ bloom and where to find them. He 
it is that brings. in the first arbutus, and later can lead 
\'OU b_v the most direct path to the haunts of the orchids 
and wild lilies. He knows when the first ^^oung winter- 
greens are up and when the mandrakes are ripe. For him 
the woods hold manv a toothsome morsel from the berries 
on vine and brier to treasures underground — crinkle-root, 
ginseng, ground-nut, sweet cicely and cucumber root. 
His aim is to know more of the secrets of wood and 
meadow and he has use for the botanist's labors only as 
they add to his available store of knowledge. The botan- 
ist desires to accumulate exact knowledge about plant 
structures, plant relations and plant processes ; the bot- 
anizer prefers a knowledge of the colors, fragrance and 
forms of flowers, where the3^ grow when they ])lonm and 
what they are good ior. 
