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nomenclature. In this endeavour we have no intention to enlarge 
on the purely botanical question of arrangement, but rather as a 
primary step to direct attention to the plants themselves. Nor 
are our remarks likely to be regular or confined to any particular 
system, but impulsive and varied as the seasons which regulate 
the progression of the plants they may apply to. We believe it 
to be necessary, first, to excite a love of the subject, and a desire 
to learn more of it, ere any science can be approached with be¬ 
nefit ; and therefore the objects of our future papers are more 
likely to be remarkable for, and selected on account of, their floral 
decorations, than for any other consideration. Detached lessons 
have their peculiar advantages; for if they do not place every¬ 
thing it is desirable to know in one view, they lead the beginner 
by almost imperceptible gradations over his worst difficulties, 
depriving them of the appalling aspect so vividly present when 
exhibited together. By these gradations we hope to induce a 
love of our native flowers, which shall extend to an intimate ac¬ 
quaintance not only of their names, but of their natural habits 
or uses, and most particularly to their ultimate adoption for im¬ 
provement and elevation to a condition which shall suit them to the 
ornamental purposes of the flower garden. That much may be 
effected in this way is the expressed opinion of nearly all conversant 
with the subject, and is demonstrated by the results which have at¬ 
tended the hitherto confined attempts. To point out those indi¬ 
viduals which, from some peculiarities of character, seem to 
promise most in this way, or are of sufficient interest in their 
present state, to be admitted to the catalogue of cultivated plants, 
will be our chief object; and for this purpose we shall select 
from the best authorities such information as may appear most 
conducive to the desired result, adding from our own store when¬ 
ever requisite, and with the valuable aid of corresponding friends 
hope to accomplish our end. 
Dr. Deakins f Florigraphia Britannica’ offers to the student in 
systematic botany all he will require to that part of the study of 
our native flora; and as the following remarks tend to elucidate 
the spirit of this paper, we at once extract them : 
“ The humble grass-like foliage, the white, gold, or purple 
flowers, together with the extreme hardiness of the bulbs, has 
rendered the Crocus an object of peculiar interest to lovers of 
