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IV. Flower and Fruit. 



1. Flower. 



Topics : Structure and function of parts of the flower ; adaptations for 

 pollination ; fertilization ; principal forms of inflorescence. 



2. Fruit. 



Topics : Relation of flower to fruit and seed ; typical fruits ; dispersal 

 of seeds. 



V. Taxonomy. 



Topics : Familiar types representing at least ten of the large families of 

 flowering plants should be selected, and the characteristic features observed, 

 unessential details being passed over. Such work incidentally involves the 

 use of the manual. It should be understood, however, that the object 

 of this work is not to develop complete knowledge of the structures of these 

 groups, but rather to enable the student to recognize important plant families 

 in the laboratory and in the field. 



VI. Crvptogams. 



Topics : Suggested types will be found in the list of material. The 

 name of each type will itself suggest the method of study to be followed. 



VII. Ecology, 



Topics : Reference to preceding topics will make it clear that the relation 

 of plants to their environment may be made a subject of frequent and profit- 

 able study. All the facts learned through the course should be brought 

 together at the close and given their broadest significance, to the end that 

 the student may be trained in the practice of interpreting facts, and that he 

 may recognize the inherent unity of the science of botany. 



SUGGESTED LIST OF MATERIAL IN BOTANY. 



I. Seeds and Seedlings. 



Bean, pea, morning-glory, castor-bean, pumpkin, barley, sunflower, corn, 

 pine, peanut, windsor bean. 



II. Root. 



Cherry, apple, turnip, carrot, parsnip, corn, ivy, spiderwort, oat, radish, 

 barley, sunflower, duckweed, water-hyacinth, willow. 



III. Shoot. 



1. Stem. 



Horse chestnut, beech, hickory, magnolia, apple, locust, osageorange, 

 cat-brier, corn, ivy, grape, woodbine, vetch, hop, iris, sedge, potato, 

 hyacinth, onion, gladiolus. 



2. Bud. 



Horse-chestnut, beech, apple, cherry, hickory, magnolia, geranium, ailan- 

 thus, boxelder, butternut, sumach, sassafras, bryophyllum. 



3. Leaf. 



Horse-chestnut, hickory, beech, apple, rose, elm, laurel, maple, locust, pea, 

 mullein, dandelion, grass, corn, Solomon's seal, thistle, pine, clover, nastur- 

 tium, hydrangea, India-rubber plant, house-leek, loosestrife, bed-straw, 

 pitcher plant, sundew, cactus, Venus' fly-trap. 



IV. Flower and Fruit. 

 1. Flower. 



Trillium, buttercup, sweet-pea, apple, cherry, Weigela, hepatica, jack-in- 

 the pulpit, anemone, columbine, narcissus, adder's-tongue, cinque-foil, 



