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the snlviiifj; of which a knowledge of systematic botany would be 

 valuable. 



16, Name such a pmblem in which a knowknlgi! of plant morphology 

 would be valuable. 



17, Name such a problem in which a knowledge (jf plant physiology 

 would be valuable. 



18, Name such a problem in which a knowledge of plant genetics 

 would be valuable. 



19, Name such a problem in which a knowledge of plant ecology 

 would be valuable. 



20, Give an instance of a practical situation in which a man with a 

 knowledge of both the scientific and the practical sides of agriculture 

 would have an advantage over a man who knew only the practical side. 

 Why would he have this advantage? 



21, How is a knowledge of chemistry important to a botanist? 



22, How is a knowledge of physics important to a botanist? 



23, How is a knowledge of meteorology important to a botanist? 



24, How is a knowledge of geology important to a botanist ? 



25, Why was systematic botany the first aspect of botany to be 

 studied scientifically? 



26, Plants have always been used far more for food than for medicine, 

 but despite this fact, the science of botany in its early days was almost 

 entirely in the hands of men interested in medicine rather than in agri- 

 culture or any other branch of practical science. How do you explain 

 this? 



27, Why was a knowledge of the minute structure of plants impossible 

 for the ancients to acquire? 



REFERENCE PROBLEMS 



1. \Miat is meant by a science? 



2. State briefly the doctrine of Spontaneous Generation and c.\i)lain why 

 it is no longer accepted by scientific men. 



3. The following "applied" sciences are all closely related to botany and 

 are founded upon it. With what does each deal? 



Horticulture Forestry 



Agronomy Pharmacology 



