though I knew you had some knowl¬ 
edge of botany, l never saw either you 
or my brother Charles appear . to take 
that continual interest in it which 
mamma and Ellen do.” 
“ This is very true, Henry ; never¬ 
theless, you will be surprised to hear, 
that the study of botany must form 
a part of your own education, as a 
physician. Your brother’s attainments, 
in most respects, may be considered as 
precisely what you should aim at ; but 
there are some points in which a differ¬ 
ence will be necessary, since your pro¬ 
fessions are so dissimilar. It would 
have been no peculiar advantage to 
Charles, as a special pleader, to have 
acquired the particular branch of know¬ 
ledge in question, though it would have 
adiled to his stores of intellectual en¬ 
joyment. But, in the profession for 
which you are intended, it is indispen- 
