"It must not be inferred from this, however, that the scientific study of a flower in any way dulls the enjoyment of it as a thing of beauty. It is a foolish, though popular, error to suppose that such is the case. It would be scarcely less absurd to suppose that the less one knows of art, the more he will enjoy a fine picture or fine statue. Surely, in the study of flowers, as in every other subject worthy of knowledge, our enjoyment of them will increase as we understand them, and it will be measured by the extent and thoroughness of our knowledge of them."
---William Baker Day, 1937 in Bastin's College Botany.