!4 BOTANY FOB BEGINNERS. [Ch 11. 



27. 2d. Tliat which treats of the different parts of the plants 

 and their uses ; this is Physiological Botany. 



Fig. 1. 



a 



a 



28. In beginning to 

 study Botany, it is best to 

 examine first the parts ol 

 a flower. 



29. Here is a lily, Fig. 

 1 ; that part of it which 



ft you would call the blos- 

 soms, is the corolla ; * 

 .this is composed of six 

 ftparts, each of which is 

 [fcalled a petal. 



30. There are within 

 the corolla six thread- 

 like organs ; these are 

 called stamens ; examine 

 them as they appear at 

 Fig. 2. You see that one 

 pa-rt, as at a, is long and 

 slender; this is called 

 the Jilament, fromjffora, 

 a thread. At b is a little 

 knob which is hollow like 

 a box ; this is the anther. 



* So called from the Latin corolla, a little crown. 



27. What is phy siological Botany 1 



28. What is the best way of beginning the study of Botany 7 



29. What are .he botanical names of the blossom of a lilv and its 



30. Describe t:,e stamens and their parts, 



