masses indifferent to biology and botany

And how many millions there are who live from day to day by the incessant operation of subtle processes in them, of which they know nothing, and care less?  Little ween they, of vessels lacteal and lymphatic, of arteries femoral and temporal; of pericranium or pericardium; lymph, chyle, fibrin, albumen, iron in the blood, and pudding in the head.... (Mardi)

F.—With what strange complacency does the mass of even the 'educated,' ignore the charming mysteries of botany!  They may be surprised into admiration of a fine flower; but it is a mere sensation,

                               ' —the smallest part
Exceeds the narrow visions of their minds.'

C.— "And they lose half the beauty, which, such is their perfection, they reveal to minute examination."

"Scenes Beyond the Western Border," August 1852; and
Scenes and Adventures in the Army