CONTENTS. 



Pags 



INTRODUCTION. — Gentsral View of the Science . . 13 



PART I. 



STRUCTURAL. AND PHYSIOLOGICAL, BOTANY. 



CHAPTER I. — OF THE ELEMENTARY STRUCTURE OF 



PLANTS 17 



Sect. I. Of Organization in General . . . .17 



The Elementary Constitution of Plants . . . . 17 



Their Orgaryc Constitution . . . .... 18 



Distinctions between Minerals and Organized Beings 19 



Individuals and Species 20 



Life 21 



Difference between Vegetables and Animals . . .21 



Sect. H. Op the Cells and Cellular Tissue of Plants 22 



Cellular Structure 23 



The Cell as a Living Organism ...... 26 



Its Formation and Growth . . . . . . 27 



Original Cell-Formation 27 



Cell-Multiplication -28 



Free Cell-Multiplication within a Mother-Cell . . .30 



Cell-Growth 30 



Branching Cells 31 



Cyclosis or Circulation in Cells ...... 31 



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