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THE remarks on page 142 of your number of December 22, on the proposal of the Manchester Field Club to introduce plants foreign to the district, ought to be printed in red letters. The geographical distribution of plants is not the least interesting branch of botanical study, and is, besides, important in its bearings upon other natural sciences, such as geology and meteorology, and as such has formed the subject of laborious and intelligent research among various eminent naturalists.
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AN AMATEUR BOTANIST The Artificial Introduction of Plants. Nature 3, 208 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/003208a0
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