BALFOUR'S BOTANICAL WORKS. 



In fcp. 8vo, cloth, illustrated witli 427 Wood Engravings, 

 Price 3s. 6d. 



ELEMENTS OF BOTANY 



FOR THE Use of Schools. 



" TMs new work by Professor BaKoiir is perfectly distinct in its 

 scope and object from the well-known ' Manual,' and other works of tbe 

 same author. Its object is to provide a text-book for candidates for 

 school examinations and non-gremial examinations by the universities. 

 WhUe, therefore, elementary, it is thoroughly scientific ; while popular 

 in one sense, it is very far removed from the vagueness of so-called 

 popular handbooks. In the first part the structure and functions of 

 plants and their organs are examined, and illustrated by woodcuts. The 

 second part consists of classification, and here the technical terms are 

 carefully and simply explaiaed as they occur. One of the most admir- 

 able features of the work is, that here, after describing each order, one 

 of the most common weeds belonging to it, accessible to every student, 

 is taken, and carefully illustrated in detail, to explain the distinctive 

 characters of its class. At the end of each division a series of questions 

 are appended, most valuable to the teacher and school lecturer, and not 

 less so to the private student, to enable him to test his acquisition of 

 the subject, and to point out the most important facts. A very com- 

 plete glossary of scientific terms is appended. 



" When we recall the dry and dictionary-like manuals to which we 

 were forced to have recourse in our younger days, to learn the Linnsean 

 system — as inviting to a boy as so many pages of Johnson's Dictionary 

 — we can but envy our juvenile successors with Professor Balfour for 

 their instructor and mentor." — The Contemporary Review. 



" We have before us another of those admirable elementary text- 

 books of natural science which our foremost professors do not now 

 disdain to compile for the young. Written in an admirably clear and 

 simple style, profusely illustrated by woodcuts on nearly every page, 

 and containing fewer words of six and seven syllables ending in ous 

 than any other book on Botany which we ever remember to have read, 

 it is exactly suited for scholastic purposes as a first book of natural 

 science. It will also be found invaluable by any person who wishes 

 to acquire the leading principles of Botany with the least trouble and 

 in the most interesting way." — Examiner. 



