TABLE OF CONTENTS: 



TOGETHER WITH A SYLLABUS OF THE MORE PRACTICAL SUBJECTS, 



DESIGNED AS EXERCISES ON THE BLACKBOARD, 



PRELIMINARY TO THE LESSONS. 



N. B. W give the Syllabus of but a few Chapters, and of fewer entire, in order that the pnpil 

 may exercise his own skill in supplying the deficiencies. The teacher should require this. 

 The abbreviation (&e ) indicates a table unfinished. 



INTRODUCTION Page 9 



CHAPTER I. Aids to the Studyof Botany 9 



CHAPTER H. Departments of Science 11 



* Existence, individually ; ( 13) 



a As an inorganic mass, is A Mineral. 



b As an organic body, endowed with life A Plant. 



endowed with life and perception An Animal. 



Existence, collectively, Nature. ( 12), &c. 

 Existence, objectively, Science. ( 1&-18), &c. 

 Departments of Botany. ( 19-23), &c. 

 Classification. ( 27-30), &c. 

 Nomenclature. ( 25, 26) 



a Local appellatives in common use Trivial Names. 



b Universal appellatives adopted in Science Latin Names. 



The name of the Genus Generic. 



The name of the Species Specific. 



The name of the Individual Proper. 



CHAPTER HE. Stages of Plant Life 14 



First Stage ; asleep in the Seed Embryo. 



Second Stage; development. a A wakening and beginning to grow.. Germination. 



b Developing leaves and branches Vegetation. 



Third Stage ; leaves transformed to flowers Flowering. 



Fourth Stage ; maturity. Flowers maturing into fruit Fructification. 



d Fruit ripe and the plant exhausted. Hybernation. Death. 



CHAPTER IV. Term of Plant Life 10 



$ Plant fruiting but once, and a dying in its first year Annual Herb 



b dying after its second year . . . .@ Biennial Herb. 



c dying after many years Monocarpic. 



f Plant fruiting more than once (perennial), 



a With annual stems, is a 11 Perennial Herb. 



b With perennial stems becoming woody. 



1, If lower than or equalling the human stature Undershrub. 



2, If taller, 7 to 20 feet high Shrub. 



8, If still taller, with a distinct trunk A Tree 



t Trees with annual foliage, shed in Autumn Deciduous 



t Trees with perennial foliage Hrorgrcen 



