TABLE OF CONTENTS: 



TOGETHER WITH A SYLLABUS OF THE MORE PRACTICAL SUB- 



JECTS, DESIGNED AS EXERCISES ON THE BLACKBOARD, 



PRELIMINARY TO THE LESSONS. 



N. B. We give the Syllabus of but a few Chapters , and of fewer entire^ in order that the 

 pupil maty exercise his own skill in supplying deficiencies. The teacher should require 

 this. The abbreviation (etc.) indicates a table unfinished. 



INTRODUCTION Page 9 



CHAPTER I. Aids to the Study of Botany 9 



CHAPTER II. Departments of Science 11 



* Existence, individually ; ( 13.) 



a As an inorganic mass, is A Mineral. 



6 As an organic body, 



Endowed with life A Plant. 



Endowed with life and perception An Animal. 



* Existence, collectively, Nature. ( 12), etc. 



* Existence, objectively, Science. ( 16-18), etc. 



* Department of Botany. ( 19-23), etc. 



* Classification. ( 27-30), etc. 



* Nomenclature. ( 25, 26.) 



a Local appellatives in common use Trivial Names. 



b Universal appellatives adopted in Science Latin Names. 



The name of the Genus Generic. 



The name of the Species Specific. 



The name of the Individual Proper. 



CHAPTER HI. Stages of Plant Life 15 



First Stage; asleep in the Seed Embryo. 



Second Stage ; development. 



a Awakening and beginning to grow Germination. 



b Developing leaves and branches Vegetation. 



