A TEXTBOOK OF BOTANY 



For Colleges and Universities 



By JOHN MERLE COULTER, Ph.D., Professor of Plant 

 Morphology, CHARLES REID BARNES, Ph.D., Late 

 Professor of Plant Physiology, and HENRY CHAND- 

 ^ER COWLES, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Plant Ecol- 

 ogy, of the Botanical Staff of the University of Chicago. 



Complete $3>S 



Volume I. Morphology and Physiology a.oo 



Parti. Morphology, $1.50. Part II. Physiology 1.25 



Volume II. Ecology a.oo 



THIS textbook presents the fundamentals of modern 

 botany for undergraduate instruction. These funda- 

 mentals are presented under three mam divisions : Mor- 

 phology, Physiology, and Ecology, subjects of the varied 

 work in botany to-day. The volumes contain selected mate- 

 rial, general statements not confused by exceptions, and a mini- 

 mum of terminology. 



^[ In the part on morphology, the evolution of the plant 

 kingdom has determined the selection of material and of struc- 

 tures, so that every plant or group contributes something to 

 the evolutionary sequence. Physiology is presented in its 

 modern aspect, the explanation of plant behavior being in 

 terms of chemistry and physics, as far as present knowledge per- 

 mits. Plants are considered as expressions of matter and 

 force. The comparatively new subject of ecology is organ- 

 ized for the first time as a college text. 



^J The work is strictly modern in its point of view. All anti- 

 quated conceptions have been carefully discarded. In all the 

 parts the logical presentation is emphasized by frequent cap- 

 tions that catch the eye, and it is believed that the orderly 

 arrangement of material will facilitate both its reception and 

 its retention. A special feature of the book is its excellent 

 illustrations, the majority of which are original. 



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