INTRODUCTION 3 



Reasons for the Study of Biology. Biology is a required study 

 in many schools, and we have a right to ask why it is considered 

 so important that we are obliged to study it. 



In the first place there are few subjects that add so much to 

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PLANT . 



FIG. 1. Diagram to show the relation of General Biology to the biological 

 sciences. From Calkins. 



general culture by increasing the number of things in which we. 

 are interested and about which we should have information. 



Few people really see very much of the things about them 

 accurate observation is a very rare but valuable trait, and biology 

 will greatly increase the powers of observation. 



