124. Pollen on the Stigma, and Pollen-Tubes, 161 * In the Note at page 136, this is called, by mistake, Wallflower. 135. Seed of Common Stock Gillyflower, with Embryo, 171 140. Spore of Horse-Tail, and Filaments, 175 PHYTO-THEOLOGY; OR, BOTANY AND RELIGION. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 1. THE attention of all who are interested in the wellbeing of mankind has been recently much directed to the subject of education. Schools of various kinds have been established, philosophical and mechanics' institutions have been formed, and men well versed in literature and science have eagerly availed themselves of the opportunities thus presented of diffusing information among the people. The poorest working man of the present day has thus within his power the means of acquiring knowledge. How important is it that such Ꭺ knowledge should be solid and substantial,-not "science falsely so called, which some professsing, have erred concerning the faith" (1 Tim. vi. 20, 21), nor the "perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth” (1 Tim. vi. 5), who erroneously view reason as opposed to revelation. If the fountains are poisoned, it is not to be expected that those who drink at them will be sound and healthy. Instances are, it is to be feared, not uncommon of parties who, by the acquisition of unsanctified scientific information, have been led into the depths of infidelity and pantheism; making their very knowledge the means of perverting others, and of throwing ridicule and contempt on every thing relating to man's fallen condition, and God's glorious plan of salvation. 2. The question then is, How is education to be prosecuted, so as to promote the true welfare of the people? Undoubtedly this can only be accomplished by regarding man, not merely in his relation to time, but in his relation to eternity. Our view must not be confined to his temporary condition on earth, but it must extend to his eternal destinies beyond death and the grave. Hence it is that all attempts to separate secular from religi |