AN 

 ELEMENTARY TEXT BOOK 



OF 



BOTANY. 



GENERAL INTRODUCTION. 



If such plants as the Munie (Prunus Mume), Sakura 

 (Prunus pseudo-cerasus) (Fig. 2), Daikon (Baphanus 

 sativus) (Fig. 6), and Nadzuna (Capsella bursa-pastoris) 

 (Fig. 5) are examined, it will be seen that their outward 

 forms differ more or less one from another. 



If sections of the several parts of these plants are observed 

 under the microscope, it will be found that they are inter- 

 nally formed of different minute structures. 



If the living processes of these plants are thoroughly 

 investigated, it will be known that they enlarge and increase 

 their parts and reproduce their kinds. 



Lastly, if these plants are compared, it will be recognized 

 that the Mume has a much greater resemblance to the 

 Sakura (Fig. 2) than to the others, and that the Daikon 

 (Fig. 6) has a closer resemblance to the Nadzuna (Fig. 5). 



"The science, which deals with every thing that has refer- 

 ence to plants as seen in the above mentioned investiga- 

 tions, is called Botany. That department of the science 

 which treats of the outward forms of plants is called 

 Morphological Botany ; that department which comprises 



