"But no," he exclaimed; "I will not be tempted to botanise any more than I will be to look upon the spots where Sol-I mean-that is-" "I say, doctor, we've been out over twelve hours," drawled Chumbley, "and you haven't yet said it once.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn
These men who design, and those who consent to the act, may be Liberals or Tories, Protestants or Catholics, but beyond a doubt they are tasteless blockheads-poor devils without reverence or education-men, who, as Wordsworth says- "Would peep and botanise Upon their mothers' graves."
"Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry"
Thomas Davis Commentator: T. W. Rolleston
She spoiled the walk to the distant outlook, by stopping at every step, not merely to pick flowers, but to botanise on the weeds, and to calculate the distance advanced.
"David Elginbrod"
George MacDonald