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Ezra Michener's innate fondness for plants and flowers was intensified by his frequent visits to Har- mony Grove, but he had no botanical book to follow ; indeed, there does not seem to have been any book on the * 1893. Autobiographical Xoies from the Life and Letters of Ezra Michener, 31. D. Philadelphia. Friends' Book Association. THE BOTANISTS OF PHILADELPHIA. 179 subject for beginners either written by an American, or printed in America for several years after. He was fur- nished with Rees'...s " New Cyclopaedia " in ninety-two half volumes, quarto. This work afforded a rich store of Ijotani- cal knowledge. The genera were alphabetically arranged with the known species following, but Ezra could seldom stumble on the descriptions of the plants studied. When he did discover them he wrote down the botanical and common names until he had a respectable list. He also made a list of scientific terms, as they came under notice, with definitions. At the age of twenty-one he went to Philadelphia and lived in the family of Dr.
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