PRE FAC Ea 
STUDENTS in botany should be taught and required to write out brief descriptions 
of the plants they examine. This is important for the following reasons: 
Ist. Pupils will thus become familiar with the meaning of botanical terms ; 
2d. They will learn how to apply these terms in botanical descriptions 
3d. They will distinguish those characteristic features of a plant which are 
necessary to be known in making the analysis. 
Ath. The written exercises will afford the teacher an evidence of the work done 
by the pupils. 
The use of the blank schedules, which this book furnishes, wil! secure a systematic 
description of the plants analyzed. 
The “Analytical Arrangement of Botanical Terms” will be found valuable to 
the pupil in recalling to mind the terms used in the description-of any particular 
part of a plant. 
In order to economize space pupils should abbreviate their descriptions as 
much as possible. 
Note ~The signs for feet (°), inches (’), and twelfths (’’), should be used in giving dimensions, and the signs 
for staminate (4) and pistilate ( ¢) in the description of imperfect flowers. 
