CONCLUSION. 393 
and after all I hear them say, they are 
not sure they have found out the right 
name of the plant. 
Mother, Have not you learned several 
hard names during our conversations ? 
Lucy, Oh yes ; but you told me those 
Latin and Greek names were very useful, 
as they enabled people of every country 
to understand each other s descriptions* 
Mother, The use of scientific terms 
is not confined to Entomology ; it ex-^ 
tends to all sciences, and they are not 
more difficult, or more dull, in on»^ 
science than in another. 
Lucy. No, mamma, I suppose not ; 
but then the tearing the flowers to bits — 
Mother, Is for the purpose of ex- 
amining their form ; for by the arrange- 
ment of their several parts, the class and 
family of the plant is known^; just as the 
structure of the wings> or of the elytra^ 
guides us in placing insects in their proper 
orders. 
Lucy. Yes, and the antennae, and het^ 
and thorax, in the proper genera. But 
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