PLAN OF 



or A COURSE IN BOTANY.* 

 Given at 1 8 Lectures and 1 8 Examination Meetings ; to' 

 be completed in four or Jive weeks. 

 Addressed to Teachers. 



Always lecture just one hour, with specimens hefore 

 you to illustrate all you say. If you fail of procuring 

 specimens for the proposed lecture, substitute some other 

 subject. Never lecture without appropriate specimens. 



Divide your examination meetings into three parts. 

 1st. Half an hour for questions. 2d. Half an hour for 

 analyzing plants. 3d. Half an hour for labelling from 

 your dictum. 



Let the subject of each lecture and examination meet- 

 ing be nearly as follows. (Introductory lecture not in- 

 cluded.) 



1st. Lecture. The first 13 classes with their orders. 



1st. Examination meeting. Questions, in the first IS 

 classes and orders. Analyze a plant or two in the same 

 classes. Instruct your class in the form of labelling and 

 of preserving plants. 



2d. L. The last 9 classes, and their orders. 



2d. E. Question on the last 9 classes. Analyze as 

 before. Label all the plants collected. 



Hereafter always question upon the subject of the last 

 Lecture ; analyze in all the classes as you happen to ob- 

 tain plants ; and label the plants collected. 



3d. L. The 7 elementary organs, and the subdivisions 

 of Stamen and Pistil. 



4th. L. Subdivisions of Calyx and Corol. 



5th. L. Subdivisions of the "Pericarp. 



6th. L. Review all the classes. 



7th. L. Review the orders of all the classes. 



8th L. Inflorescence. 



9th. L. Roots and Stems. 



loth. L. Leaves and appendages. 



llth, L. Review all the classes and their orders* 



12th. L. Illustrate the analysis of grasses, and of um- 

 belliferous plants. 



13th. L. Illustrate the analysis of plants in the 14th 

 and 15th classes. 



* This, ought to have followed page 8. 



