SUGGESTED COURSE OF READING 



TEXT BOOKS 



STOPES, M. G.The Study of Plant Life. 2nd ed. Blackio, 1910. 



A simply written general text-book of botany for beginners. 

 SCOTT, D. H. An Introduction to Structural Botany. 

 Part I." Flowering Plants." Black, 1909. 

 Part II." Flowerless Plants." Black, 1907. 

 A detailed account, including the internal structure, of a sample 

 type from each of the important plant groups, suitable for 

 those beginning the serious study of botany. 

 STBASBURQER, E. Text-book of Botany. Translated from the 



German. Macmillan, 1908. 

 A comprehensive text-book of university standard, 



GENERAL BOOKS 



BATESON, W. Method and Scope of Genetics. Inaugural lecture. 



Cambridge, 1908. 



A semi-popular lecture on the subject of plant-breeding, &c. 

 BATESON, W. MendeVs Principles of Heredity. Cambridge Press, 1909. 

 An advanced, well-illustrated book, dealing with heredity in 



both plants and animals. 



BOWER, F. 0. The Origin of a Land Flora. Macmillan & Co. 1908. 

 An advanced book, nevertheless written in a popular way, well 



illustrated. 

 CLEMENTS, W. Research Methods in Ecology. U.S.A., 1905. 



A treatise on ecology in which many new suggestions are made. 

 CONNOLD, E. T. Plant Galls of Great Britain. Adlard, 1909. 

 Profusely illustrated account of insect-caused deformities. 

 TJie Encyclopaedia Britannica, articles on the various branches of 

 botany. See first the article "Botany," in which reference is 

 made to the others. Cambridge University Press. 1 1th ed. ,1911. 

 KEENER, A. and OLIVER, F. W.The Natural History of Plants. 



Vols. i. and ii. Blackie, 1894. 



Still the beet and most delightful general account of plant 

 biology. Well illustrated. 



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