. Botanical gazette. Plants. *5* BOTANICAL GAZETTE. pretensions to such knowledge or ability as he possessed and the land was his "to enter in and ' When he returned in 1815 the land was already partly possessed for Pursh, Nuttall, Elliott, Big- elow, etc., were at work. When we come to analyze the character of this eccentric man it seems as though the secret of all his ec- centricity and cause of his failure to reach the rank for which nature had fitted him, was an unbounded egotism. Then, as now, there occasionally appeared one who preferred self to truth, even in communion wit
. Botanical gazette. Plants. *5* BOTANICAL GAZETTE. pretensions to such knowledge or ability as he possessed and the land was his "to enter in and ' When he returned in 1815 the land was already partly possessed for Pursh, Nuttall, Elliott, Big- elow, etc., were at work. When we come to analyze the character of this eccentric man it seems as though the secret of all his ec- centricity and cause of his failure to reach the rank for which nature had fitted him, was an unbounded egotism. Then, as now, there occasionally appeared one who preferred self to truth, even in communion with nature, who is the veiy embodiment of truth and is supposed to cultivate a love for it in her votaries. But the fact is scientific men are dreadful egotists and their own opinion is often worth a good deal more to them than the truth, and our estimate of Rafinesque is that he was simply an extreme and outspoken representative of a large class of scientific men to-day. And so he was ever working, but rarely accomplishing anything; always eager to publish, but his writings the rarest of all; anxious for his name to be remembered, but so using his talents as almost to bury him- self and his works in a too harsh condemnation. "Effort for self ends aimlesslj'; Effort for truth grows ; The Hibernaculum of Asanim Canadense, L. It is quite common for trees and mi shrubs to form buds during the fall, con- f] taining the leaves and flowers for the !ri following year in a more or less de- veloped condition. On the other hand it is very rare among herbaceous per- ennials to find any trace of the flowers until spring. An exception to these is our common Wild Grin- £_. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hanover, Ind. : J. M. Coulter
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