TABLE OF CONTENTS: 



TOGETHER WITH A SYLLABUS OF THE MORE PRACTICAL SUBJECTS, 



DESIGNED AS EXERCISES ON THE BLACKBOARD, 



PRELIMINARY TO THE LESSONS. 



N. B. We give the Syllabus of but a few Chapters, and of fewer entire, In order that the pupil 

 may exercise his OWTI skill in supplying the deficiencies. The teacher should require this. 

 The abbreviation (ii ) indicates a table unfinished. 



INTRODUCTION Pa^e 9 



CHAPTER I. Aids to the Study of Botany 9 



CHAPTER II. Departments of Science 11 



* Existence, individually ; ( 13) 



a As an inorganic mass, is A Mineral. 



6 As an organic body, endowed with life A Plant. 



endowed with life and perception An Animal. 



Existence, collectively, Nature. ( 12). &c. 

 Existence, objectively, Science. ( 16-18), &C. 

 Departments of Botany. ( 19-23), &c. 

 Classification. ( 27-30), &c. 

 Nomenclature.- ( 25, 26) 



a Local appellatives in common use Trivial Names. 



b Universal appellatives adopted in Science Latin Names. 



The name of the Genus Generic. 



The name of the Species Specific. 



The name of the Individual Proper. 



CHAPTER ITT. Stages of Plant Life 14 



First Stage; asleep in the Seed Embryo. 



Second Stage; development. a Awakening and beginning to grow.. Germination. 



b Developing leaves and branches Vegetation. 



Third Stage ; leaves transformed to flowers Flowering. 



Fourth Stage ; maturity. c Flowers maturing into fruit Fructification. 



d Fruit ripe and the plant exhausted. Hybernation. Death. 



CHAPTER IV. Term of Plant Life 16 



Plant fruiting but once, and a dying in its first year (T) Annual Herb 



b dying after its second year @ Biennial Herb. 



c dying after many years Monocarpic. 



| Plant fruiting more than once (perennial), 



a With annual stems, is a 11 Perennial Herb. 



b With perennial stems becoming woody. 



1, If lower than or equalling the human stature , . . .Undershrub. 



2, If taller, 7 to 20 feet high Shrub. 



8, If still taller, with a distinct trunk A Tree 



t Trees with annual foliage, shed in Autumn Deciduous 



t Trees with perennial foliage Evergreur 



