vi PREFACE. 



arranged the Garden of the Palace of Trianon after 

 its establishment by Louis XV. 



The teacher should further have a copious supply 

 of dried flowers, and other parts of these plants so 

 preserved as that the pupil can, after -moistening 

 them in warm water, separate their organs. Much 

 may thus be learnt when fresh plants cannot be 

 obtained, and a rehearsal of the summer's lessons 

 upon such dried specimens is a most improving 

 exercise. He should also have a supply of preserved 

 fruits, seeds, sections of stems, and of mounted pre- 

 parations of the tissues and minute parts of plants 

 adapted for exhibition under the microscope. 



Each pupil should have a pocket-lens magnifying 

 three or four times, a sharp pen-knife, and a pair of 

 forceps ; and he should be taught to preserve between 

 sheets of paper the specimens he has examined, with 

 a descriptive ticket attached ; and also be exercised 

 in the habitual use of the schedules described at 

 pp. 112, 113. 



In using the Primer the pupil should be taught 

 first, the contents of sections I. and II. ; after which 

 he may either take the other sections in order, or go 

 on to section VI., taking sections III. to V. after- 

 wards. Sections XIX. and XXV. are too difficult for 

 beginners. 



After mastering its contents the pupil may proceed 

 to the use of Professor Oliver's " Lessons in Elemen- 

 tary Botany," which goes over the same ground in 

 more detail. 



