﻿UNIVERSITY 
  HIG! 
  I 
  

   LIBRARY 
  

  

  ANN 
  ARBOR, 
  MICHIGAN 
  

  

  PREFACE 
  

  

  This 
  book 
  treats 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  botany 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  point 
  

   of 
  view 
  that 
  was 
  adopted 
  in 
  the 
  authors' 
  ' 
  Practical 
  Botany," 
  

   but 
  more 
  briefly 
  ; 
  that 
  is, 
  it 
  endeavors 
  to 
  deal 
  with 
  the 
  

   subject 
  with 
  constant 
  reference 
  to 
  common 
  educational, 
  aes- 
  

   thetic, 
  and 
  practical 
  interests 
  in 
  plant 
  life. 
  It 
  also 
  emphasizes 
  

   the 
  dynamic 
  side 
  of 
  botany. 
  The 
  plant 
  is 
  not 
  used 
  primarily 
  

   as 
  a 
  subject 
  for 
  dissection, 
  nor 
  for 
  making 
  a 
  preserved 
  speci- 
  

   men, 
  but 
  as 
  an 
  organism 
  with 
  a 
  living 
  to 
  make 
  an 
  organism 
  

   that 
  is 
  forced 
  to 
  maintain 
  its 
  existence 
  under 
  conditions 
  that 
  

   are 
  sometimes 
  favorable 
  and 
  sometimes 
  unfavorable 
  to 
  it. 
  

   Constant 
  effort 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  render 
  the 
  style 
  of 
  the 
  

   book 
  simple 
  and 
  direct. 
  

  

  The 
  object 
  here 
  sought 
  is 
  to 
  present 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  course 
  that 
  

   kind 
  of 
  botanical 
  knowledge 
  which 
  will 
  especially 
  interest 
  the 
  

   average 
  secondary-school 
  pupil, 
  and 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  most 
  serv- 
  

   ice 
  to 
  him 
  as 
  a 
  means 
  of 
  education. 
  Along 
  with 
  this 
  training 
  a 
  

   good 
  deal 
  of 
  other 
  knowledge 
  is 
  presented, 
  which 
  should 
  remain 
  

   as 
  a 
  valued 
  acquisition 
  throughout 
  the 
  student's 
  after 
  life 
  - 
  

   knowledge 
  of 
  forest, 
  field, 
  wayside, 
  farm, 
  orchard, 
  garden, 
  and 
  

   the 
  industries. 
  Since 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  shown 
  that 
  our 
  disciplinary 
  

   education 
  may 
  be 
  useful 
  in 
  after 
  life, 
  mainly 
  as 
  the 
  materials 
  

   studied 
  have 
  elements 
  in 
  common 
  with 
  those 
  later 
  encountered, 
  

   it 
  becomes 
  imperative 
  that 
  the 
  elementary 
  sciences 
  should 
  uti- 
  

   lize 
  in 
  their 
  content 
  those 
  things 
  with 
  which 
  people 
  are 
  to 
  come 
  

   in 
  contact. 
  So 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  materials 
  of 
  botany 
  is 
  encountered 
  

   by 
  people 
  in 
  general 
  throughout 
  their 
  lives 
  that, 
  according 
  to 
  

   recently 
  accepted 
  educational 
  theories, 
  this 
  subject 
  should 
  have 
  

  

  in 
  

  

  