...will not at all interfere with the design I had hi view in the preparation of these little essays. My chief aim was, in fact, the satisfaction of what...observe, that now, when it bears resemblance to so few, it is still held fast to by very many persons ; and I have sought, therefore, in the present discourses,...

...a classvanity. A large proportion of the uninitiated, even among the educated classes, are •till in the habit of regarding the botanist as a dealer...expended in the determination and classification of this ingeniously-collected hay. This portrait of the botanist was, alas ! once true ; but it pains me to...

...classes, are still in the habit of regarding the botanist as a dealer in barbarous Latin names, a mau who plucks flowers, names them, dries and wraps them...expended in the determination and classification of this ingeniously-collected hay. This portrait of the botanist was, alas ! once true ; but it pains me to...

...barbarous Latin names—a man who plucks flowers, names them, dries them, packs them up in papers, and whose whole wisdom is expended in the determination and classification of this ingeniously-collected hay ! It is with a wish that a better opinion of the botanist might be formed...

...will not at all interfere with the design I had in view in the preparation of these little essays. My chief aim was, in fact, the satisfaction of what...classification of this ingeniously collected hay. (vii) This portrait of the Botanist was, alas! once true, but it pains me to observe, that now, when...

...educated classes, are in the habit of regarding the botanist as a dealer in barbarous Latin terms, a man who plucks flowers, names them, dries and wraps...in paper, and whose whole wisdom is expended in the classification of this ingeniously collected hay and stubble ; but this is a great error, because botany...

...educated classes, are in the habit of regarding the botanist as a dealer in barbarous Latin terms, a man who plucks flowers, names them, dries and wraps...in paper, and whose whole wisdom is expended in the classification of this ingeniously collected hay and stubble ; but this is a great error, because botany...

...educated classes, are in the habit of regarding the botanist as a dealer in barbarous Latin terms, a man who plucks flowers, names them, dries and wraps...in paper, and whose whole wisdom is expended in the classification of this ingeniously collected hay and stubble; but this is a great error, because botany...

...botanist as a dealer in barbarous Latin names, as a man who plucks flowers, names them, dries them, and wraps them up in paper, and whose whole wisdom...classification of this ingeniously collected hay.' ( The Plant, a Biography, by Schleiden.) His introduction closes with these words : ' Above all, we...