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usefulness. In ordinary language
I know of no case where
any thing should be gained
by using a capital for an
adjective, – but this is [sic.]
not true of Botany. When
we read [?]-[?],
we learn that it
is the [?] with the hair
of venus, but when it is
[?] [?]-[?]
we also learn at the same
time, that this was once a
generic and proper name and
that this accounts for its
"double headed" character as
Dr. Gray would say. In like
manner [case?] in these
capitals leaves us [prone?/from?]
many errors. Similarly
the [?] happened to