Excerpt from Trees, Vol. 2: A Handbook of Forest-Botany for the Woodlands and the Laboratory<br><br>In spite of expressed opinions to the contrary, I am convinced that much valuable exercise in observational and descriptive science can be Obtained by learning to draw and properly describe the outline, margin, base and apex, and other peculiarities Of leaves; and it is after considerable experience and mature reflection that I earnestly commend the advice in this connection I have ventured to Offer on'p. 28.<br><br>Some technical terms are indispensable; but so they are in carpentry, in a game of cricket, or in diplomacy! It is absurd to complain that the study Of nature should demand technical terms to shorten and give point to description. It is only when such terms are multiplied unnecessarily and pedantically that the student has legitimate grounds for complaint: exact and new ideas must have definite terms for adequate expression.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.