AMERICAN SCIENCE SERIES 



ESSENTIALS OF 



COLLEGE BOTANY 



BY 



CHARLES E. BESSEY, PH. D., LL. D. 



BEAD PROFESSOK OF BOTANT IN THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA 



AND 



ERNST A. BESSEY, PH. D. 



PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGI 



EIGHTH EDITION OF "THE ESSENTIALS OF BOTANY" 



ENTIRELY REWRITTEN 

 With 206 Diagrammatic Illustrations 



NEW YORK 

 HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY 



