PLANT LIFE A N L> 

 PLANT USE S 



By JOHN GAYLORD COULTER, Ph. D. 



5 i. 20 



AN elementary textbook providing a foundation for the 

 study of agriculture, domestic science, or college botany. 

 But it is more than a textbook on botanv — it is a hook 

 about the fundamentals of plant life and about the relations 

 between plants and man. It presents as fully as is desirable 

 for required courses in high schools those large facts about 

 plants which form the present basis of the science of botanv. 

 Yet the treatment has in view preparation for life in general, 

 and not preparation for any particular kind of calling. 



The subject is dealt with from the viewpoint of the pupil 

 rather than from that of the teacher or the scientist. The 

 style is simple, clear, and conversational, yet the method is 

 distinctly scientific, and the book has a cultural as well as 

 a practical object. 



The text has a unity of organization. So far as practicable 

 the familiar always precedes the unfamiliar in the sequence of 

 topics, and the facts are made to hang together in order that 

 the pupil may see relationships. Such topics as forestry, plant 

 breeding, weeds, plant enemies and diseases, plant culture, 

 decorative plants, and economic bacteria are discussed where 

 most pertinent to the general theme rather than in separate 

 chapters which destroy the continuity. Tne questions and 

 suggestions which follow the chapters are of two kinds; some 

 are designed merely to serve as an aid in the study of the text, 

 while others suggest outside study and inquiry. The classified 

 tables of terms which precede the index are intended to serve 

 the student in review, and to be a general guide to the relative 

 values of the facts presented. More than 200 attractive illus- 

 trations, many of them original, are included in the book. 



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