By L. H. BAILEY 



Editor of the " Cyclopedia of Horticulture," etc. 



Botany 



An Elementary Text for Schools 



TWELFTH EDITION — 431 PAGES — 500 ILLUSTRATIONS — $1.10 NET 



" This book is made for the pupil : ' Lessons with Plants ' 

 was made to supplement the work of the teacher." This 

 is the opening sentence of the preface, showing that the 

 book is a companion to " Lessons with Plants," which has 

 now become a standard teacher's book. The present book 

 is the handsomest elementary botanical text-book yet made. 

 The illustrations illustrate. They are artistic. The old 

 formal and unnatural Botany is being rapidly outgrown. 

 The book disparages mere laboratory work of the old 

 kind : the pupil is taught to see things as they grow and 

 behave. The pupil who goes through this book will under- 

 stand the meaning of the plants which he sees day by day. 

 It is a revolt from the dry-as-dust teaching of botany. It 

 cares little for science for science's sake, but its point of 

 view is nature-study in its best sense. The book is divided 

 into four parts, any or all of which may be used in the 

 school : the plant itself ; the plant in its environment ; 

 histology, or the minute structure of plants; the kinds 

 of plants (with a key, and descriptions of 300 common 

 species). The introduction contains advice to teachers. 



"An exceedingly attractive text-book." — Educational Review. 



" It is a school book of the modern methods." — The Dial. 



" It would be hard to find a better manual for schools or for individual use." — 

 The Ouilook. 



THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 



64-66 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YOKE 



