134 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



the plant. Examination of the fluids of plants. An examination 

 of the fluid that nourishes them. An attempt to prove that 

 water is not the nourishing fluid, but only the vehicle. The 

 dissolved parts of vegetables and animals, the nutritious part. 



Lecture 20. — ^The same subject. Observations on soil. Obser- 

 vations on manures. Do all plants live on the same nourishment ? 

 That the fluid is changed by the vessels in the different parts of 

 the plant. Properties of sap. Motion of the sap in the vessels. 



Lecture 21. — -These motions explained. Its motion from the 

 root UDwards. Its motion from the leaves downwards. Is there 

 a circulation in plants ] An examination of the Succus Proprius. 

 Does it move like sap 1 Is it the same in different parts of the 

 same plant 1 An examination of the moving fibres of plants. 



Lecture 22. — -An examination of the flower. Parts of the 

 flower. 



Lecture 23. — Same subject continued. 



Lecture 2Jf.. — An examination whether there are sexes in plants. 



Lecture 25. — Same subject. Observations on mule plants. 



Lecture 26. — Classification. Observations on its use. An 

 explanation of Linnaeus' arrangement. 



Lecture 27. — Same subject. 



Lecture 28. — Same subject. 



Lectures 29, SO, SI, 32, 33. — Explanation of terms for tlie 

 genera. 



Lectures 34 to 44 — Reducing plants to their genera. 



Lectures 44 to 45- — Explanation of terms. 



Lectures 4^ to 50. — Reducing plants to their species. 



Lecture 51. — An account of the different systems of botany. 



Lecture 52. — On natural arrangement. 



Lectures 53 to 56. — An examination of the Cryptogamia — • 

 their parts, flowers, (fee : their genera and species from specimens. 



Lecttire 57. — Use of the knowledge of vegetation in gardening. 

 Use of arrangement in pointing out the properties of plants. 



Lecture 58. — On the plants in this country capable of being 

 substituted in medicine for foreign plants. On the indigenous 

 plants that may be used in manufactures. 



