CONTENTS. 



Introduction. 



Pagr. 



Definition and Scope of Botany — Departments of Bot- 



anv — Order of Treatment 1-2 



PART I.— ORGANOGRAPHY. 



General Considerations — Classification of Plant Organs 



— Organs of Vegetation 2-4 



DIVISION I.— ORGANS OF VEGETATION. 

 Chapter I. 



THE ROOT. 



Definition — Uses of Roots — Structure and Mode of 

 Branching — How Roots differ from Stems — Ab- 

 sorbing Surface exposed by Roots — Modifications 

 Roots Undergo — Classification of Roots — Practi- 

 cal Exercises 4-8 



Chapter II. 



the stem. 



Definition — How it Differs from the Root — Uses of the 

 Stem — Buds, their Nature and Kinds — Different 

 Kinds and Modifications of Above-Ground Stems — 

 Size of Stems — Shapes of Stems — Direction of 

 Growth — Duration of Stems — Habits of Growth — 

 Underground Stems — Rhizomes — Tubers — Corms 

 — Bulbs — Leaf-like Stems — Practical Exercises... 8-18 



