CONTENTS, 



PAGE 



PREFACE. .., 3 



INTRODUCTION 9 



CHAPTER I. THE LEADINO PRINCIPLES OF SCIENCE; MENTAL AND MORAL 



DISCIPLINE ITS AIM AND END 9 



CHAPTER II. THE DEPARTMENTS OF BOTANY ] 2 



CHAPTER III. APPARATUS. METHODS OF STUDY 15 



PART FIRST. STRUCTURAL BOTANY, OR ORGANOGKAPHY 11 



CHAPTER I. PRIMARY DIVISIONS -OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM 17 



CHAPTER II. THE TERM OF PLANT LIFE 19 



CHAPTER III. THE PHJENOGAMIA ; How DEVELOPED 22 



CHAPTER IV. THE ROOT, OR DESCENDING Axis 24 



CHAPTER V. THE STEM, OR ASCENDING Axis 30 



CHAPTER VI. TH LEAF-BUD. VERNATION 41 



CHAPTER VII. THE LEAF 46 



PHYLLOTAXY, OR LEAF-ARRANGEMENT 4fi 



MORPHOLOGY OF THE LEAF SO 



OF THE STIPULES .-. 51 



OF THE VEINS 52 



FORM OF THE LEAF, OR FIGURE 54 



MARGIN 59 



APEX 69 



COMPOUND LEAVES 60 



CHAPTER VIII. TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE LEAF 63 



CHAPTER IX. INFLORESCENCE 67 



FLOWERING 75 



CHAPTER X. MORPHOLOGY OF THE FLOWER 77 



^ESTIVATION 79 



THE FLORAL ORGANS 81 



THE PLAN OF THE FLOWER 83 



CHAPTER XI. THE FLORAL ENVELOPES. PERIANTH 91 



CHAPTER XII. THE ESSENTIAL ORGANS 99 



THE STAMENS, OR ANDRCECIUM 99 



THE PISTILS, OR GYNCECIUM 104 



THE OVULES , ..108 



