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Page 388
... stations , the editorial labour has been very far from slight ; and it is unavoid- ably of that dull plodding kind which is apt to be felt as a tedious task rather than a pleasurable occupation . He has , nevertheless , been somewhat ...
... stations , the editorial labour has been very far from slight ; and it is unavoid- ably of that dull plodding kind which is apt to be felt as a tedious task rather than a pleasurable occupation . He has , nevertheless , been somewhat ...
Page 393
... station . Perhaps one half the places in Britain have names in common to at least two of them , and several names apply to as many dozens or scores of places . This circumstance has caused me , as well as other botanical writers , to ...
... station . Perhaps one half the places in Britain have names in common to at least two of them , and several names apply to as many dozens or scores of places . This circumstance has caused me , as well as other botanical writers , to ...
Page 394
... stations , have wholly avoided such errors ; and the farther we go back in date , the greater was the liability ... station , even one of a century or two in standing , must greatly tend to keep up these blemishes in botanical books ...
... stations , have wholly avoided such errors ; and the farther we go back in date , the greater was the liability ... station , even one of a century or two in standing , must greatly tend to keep up these blemishes in botanical books ...
Page 395
... station is preserved in my Herbarium , and can be inspected in case of doubt . It will be ob- served that a large number of the localities recorded in these volumes are now confirmed by this visible testi- mony , which , on the death of ...
... station is preserved in my Herbarium , and can be inspected in case of doubt . It will be ob- served that a large number of the localities recorded in these volumes are now confirmed by this visible testi- mony , which , on the death of ...
Page 396
... stations from new or renewed observation , a second very weighty objection arises , and one that would become more serious in pro- portion as the first mentioned difficulty was lessened . I allude to the great increase of bulk and cost ...
... stations from new or renewed observation , a second very weighty objection arises , and one that would become more serious in pro- portion as the first mentioned difficulty was lessened . I allude to the great increase of bulk and cost ...
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Aberdeen abundant alpina alpinum ARENARIA Argyle Banff Banks Ben Hope Ben Lawers Ben Nevis Berw Berwick Bloxam Brands Bridge C. C. Babington CAREX Castle Clova Mountains Clyde coast COCHLEARIA officinalis Common Comp Congerstone Crafthole Dickie Ditton Dumbarton Dumbartonshire Edin Edinburgh Elgin europćus Excurs field Fife Flora Forbes Forfar Glen Dole Glot Gordon H. W. sp Haddington hedge HIERACIUM Hist Hooker Howitt Inverness Isle J. C. Collins J. E. Leefe J. H. Balfour Lanark lane Lawers Lees Loch lutea Macnab maritima maritimum Marsh Meadows miles Moor N. D. Add nigrum North Nott officinalis Orkney palustris Pamplin Park Perth plants plentiful R. C. Alexander Renfrew road road-side Rocks Ross Rosshire S. P. Woodward Scot shore side species specimen Stirling Sutherland sylvaticum Tatham TEESDALIA nudicaulis Tour vols W. A. Bromfield W. A. Leighton W. H. Coleman Wigton Wood