BOTANY 



An Elementary Text for Schools 



By L. H. BAILEY 



TWELFTH EDITION- 431 PAGES-500 ILLUSTRATIONS-Sl . 10 NET 



"This book is made for the pupil: ' Lessons With 

 Plants ' was made to supplement the work of the 

 teacher." This is the opening sentence of the preface, 

 showing that the book is a companion to "Lessons 

 With Plants," which has now become a standard 

 teacher's book. The present book is the handsomest 

 elementary botanical text- book yet made. The illustra- 

 tions illustrate. They are artistic. The old formal and 

 unnatural Botany is being rapidly outgrown. The book 

 disparages mere laboratory work of the old kind: the 

 pupil is taught to see things as they grow and behave. 

 The pupil who goes through this book will understand 

 the meaning of the plants which he sees day by day. It 

 is a revolt from the dry-as-dust teaching of botany. It 

 cares little for science for science's sake, but its point 

 of view is nature-study in its best sense. The book is 

 divided into four parts, any or all of which may be used 

 in the school: the plant itself; the plant in its environ- 

 ment; histology, or the minute structure of plants; the 

 kinds of plants (with a key, and descriptions of 300 

 common species). The introduction contains advice to 

 teachers. 



"An exceedingly attractive text-book." -Educational Review. 

 " It is a school book of the modern methods." The Dial. 



" It would be hard to find a better manual for schools or for individual ue.' 

 The Outlook. 



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