ADVERTISEMENT. 
Aw elementary work on Botany, adapted for the use 
of Students of Medicine, has been much wanted. In 
compiling the present work to meet this desideratum, 
I have endeavoured to make such a selection from the 
immense mass of facts which Botany now includes, as. 
shall ‘Present a concise but satisfactory view 
resent knowledge of the science, and form a : 
i tubrodietion to the study of the genera and species fe 
plants. 
Before commencing the study of genera and species, 
it is necessary to acquire a knowledge of the structure 
and functions of the different parts of plants, of the | 
terms employed in botanical descriptions, and of the Se 
principles of some method of classification, This _ 
work, accordingly, consists of two parts. In the first _ 
there is given as minute an account of the structure 
and functions of the various organs of vegetables, as 
consistent with the plan of the work, while care 1 
n taken to avoid too much detail on + matters which, 
