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refcence, with the drawings of thcrrl in Plate 
the Third, will, however, render the talk by 
no means a hard one. Botany has been rec- 
koned a dry ftudy of names and terms ; and 
this view of the fcience has deterred numbers 
from attempting to acquire a knowledge of 
it. This is by no means peculiarly the cafe ; 
every fcience has a language appropriate to 
itfelf ; every language has a grammar : thefe 
difficulties muft be furmounted before the 
fcience or language can afford entertainment. 
In Botany, however, inftru&ion and amufe- 
ment may be united, if, as the pupil proceeds, 
he examines and compares the different parts 
of flowers with the terms appropriated to them. 
By this means the beauties of nature will open 
to his view, and he will in the very com- 
mencement of his ftudies obtain a glimpfe of 
that wonderful order and mechanifm, which 
are to be found in the vegetable creation, and 
which render botanical purfuits fo completely 
interefting. 
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