STRUCTURAL BOTANY. 



I. 



INTRODUCTION. 



A. DEFESTITION OF BOTANY. 



1. Botany is the science whieh treats of the structure 

 )f plants, the functions of their organs, their places of 

 jrowth, their classification, and the terms which are em- 

 )loyed in their description and denomination. 



B. BEANCHES OF BOTANY. 



3. Botany is divided in two cardmal hrcmches — Theo- 

 :etical and Peactical. 



3. Theoketical Botany treats of plants without re- 

 ard to their utility or hurtfulness. It is divided into, 1. 

 Vegetable OrgwnogTophy ; 2. Vegetable Physiology ; and, 

 . Speci(d or Systematic Botany. 



4. Oeganogeapht, also called Teeminology, or Gene- 

 AL Botany, treats of the terms employed by the botanist 

 ) designate the several parts of plants, or to describe their 

 )rm. 



