AMUBICAN SCIENCE SERIES, BRIEFER COURSE 



THE ESSENTIALS OF 



B O T ANT 



BY 



CHARLES E. BESSET, Ph.D. 



Prcfessor in the University of Nebraska 



FIFTH EDITION, WITH AN INTKODUCTOKY CHAPTBB 

 AND AN APPENDIX 



NEW YORK 



HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY 



1893. 



