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and laying out line ; construction of dirt roads ; construction of 

 surfaced roads ; costs. References. Field work includes survey 

 in locating and staking out mountain road, grading, and drain 

 work; also critical examination of modern mountain surfaced 

 and dirt roads. 



(20) BOTANY I. (STRUCTURE AND PHYSIOLOGY OF 

 THE SPERMATOPHYTA.) (Prof. Adams), Freshman 

 Year — First Term — Lectures 3 hours, Laboratory Work 3 

 hours. 



A study of the seed-bearing plants, cell structure, tissue forma- 

 tion, and structure and functions of the root, stem, and leaf sys- 

 tems. This is followed by a discussion of the life processes of 

 plants, as absorption, transpiration, conduction, photosynthesis, 

 irritability. 



(21) BOTANY n. (EVOLUTION OF THE PLANT KING- 

 DOM.) (Prof. Adams), Freshman Year — Second Term — 

 Lectures 3 hours. Laboratory or Field Work 3 hours. 



A careful study of representative examples among the algae, 

 fungi, liverworts, mosses, ferns and their allies, gymnosperms 

 and angiosperms, with special emphasis on the form of plant 

 parts, and a comparison of them in the different groups. Special 

 attention is also given to the alternation of generations in the 

 plants studied, and in working out their life histories the pro- 

 gression and retrogression of certain organs and phases in pro- 

 ceeding from the lower to the higher plants is noted. 



(22) BOTANY III. (TAXONOMY.)— (Prof. Adams)— Fresh- 

 man Year — Summer Term — Lectures 2 hours. Laboratory or 

 Field Work 8 hours. 



A comparative study is made of the families of flowering 

 plants, and special training is given in the methods of collection 

 and preservation of material. Each student is required to make 



