Speaking of the word botany, as I was looking for something for the quote segment this week, I ran across this poem by Berton Braley who wrote a poem for a science newsletter back on March 9^th, 1929 and it's simply called Botany.  

Botany

There should be no monotony

In studying your botany;

It helps to train

And spur the brain--

Unless you haven't gotany.

It teaches you, does Botany,

To know the plants and spotany,

And learn just why

They live or die--

In case you plant or potany.

You learn, from reading Botany,

Of wooly plants and cottony

That grow on earth,

And what they're worth,

And why some spots have notany.

You sketch the plants in Botany,

You learn to chart and plotany

Like corn or oats--

You jot down notes,

If you know how to jotany.

Your time, if you'll allotany,

Will teach you how and what any

Old plant or tree

Can do or be--

And that's the use of Botany!

Well hats off to Berton Braley for that lovely poem.