8 BOTANY: PRINCIPLES AND PROBLEMS 



broadened from a mere discussion of the names and properties 

 of medicinal herbs to an attack upon the fundamental problems 

 of life itself. 



QUESTIONS FOR THOUGHT AND DISCUSSION 



1. Name three important differences between a typical plant and 

 a typical animal. 



2. Which do you think is the most important of all the various 

 contributions made by plants to man's welfare? 



3. What great industries are founded primarily on plants? 



4. Could man get along better without his domestic animals or 

 without his cultivated plants? Explain. 



5. What is the difference between a botanist and a person who is 

 merely interested in plants? 



6. Would you consider the following to be botanists: 



A farmer? A cabinet maker? 



A florist? A forester? 



A sanitary engineer? A landscape architect? 



7. If a person makes a careful study of ail the species and varieties 

 of wheat, classifying them and finding their correct names, in what field 

 of botany is he at work? 



8. If he studies the structure of the wheat stem, in what field of 

 botany is he at work? 



9. If he studies the manner in which food is manufactured by the 

 wheat plant, in what field of botany is he at work? 



10. If he studies the ways in which wheat plants respond to changes 

 in their environment, in what field of botany is he at work? 



11. If he studies inheritance in wheat, in what field of botany is he at 

 work ? 



12. If he studies the geogi'aphical distribution of wheat, in wliat 

 field of botany is he at work? 



13. If he studies the various uses to which wheat may be put, in what 

 field of botany is he at work? 



14. In what ways may a knowledge of botany be of value in everyday 

 life? 



15. Name a definite and specific problem, of practical, "dollars- 

 and-cents" importance, in agriculture or any other Hne of industry, for 



