HOW TO STUDY PLANTS, 



OR, 



INTRODUCTION TO 



BOTANY, 



AN ILLUSTRATED FLORA. 



BY 



ALPHONSO WOOD, A. M., Ph. D., 



AUTHOR OF "the CLASS-BOOK OF BOTAMV," " OBJECT LESSONS IN BOTANY, 



"plant recorb," etc. 



Edited by j. dorman Steele, Ph. d., to accompany the 



"FOURTEEN WEEKS SERIES IN NATURAL SCIENCE." 



' There breathes, for those who understand, 

 A voice from every flower and tree ; 



And in the work of Nature's hand 

 Lies Nature's best Philosophy " 



Copyright, 1879. 1882, by 



A. S. BARNES &. COMPANY, 



PUBLISHERS, 

 NEW YORK AND CHfCAGO. 



