CONTENTS 
OP THE LECTURES AND APPENDIX. 
INTRODUCTION. 
LECTURE I.— Impoitance oi System— Advantages be derived from the Study of 
Botany 13 
PART I. 
LECTURE n.— Gfineral Division of the Sciences which relate to Mind and Matter— Differ- 
ent departments of Botanical Science. — Parts of a flower 1* 
LECTURE IIL— Method of analyzing Plants— Analysis of the Pink, Lily, Rose, and Poppy 1' 
LECTURE IV.— Latin and Greek Numerals.- ArUficial Classes and Orders 2 
LECTURE V— Method of analyzing Plants by a series of comparisons.— General remarks 
upon Plants. — Method of preserving plants for an Herbarium. — Poisonous 
Plants, and those which are not poisonous. — Manner of taking impressions o; 
Leaves 27 
PART II. 
LECTURE VL— Importance of observing external objects.— Vegetables consist of two sets 
of organs.— Of the Root.— Different kinds of Roots 33 
LECTURE Vn.-Of the Stem.— Different kinds of Stems 40 
LECTURE Vlll.-Of Buds 44 
LECTURE IX.— Of Leaves.— Form of Leaves.— Compound Leaves.— Leaves with respect 
to Magnitude and Colour 48 
LECTURE X. — Anatomy and Physiology of Leaves. — Their use in the Vegetable System. — 
Fall of the Leaf.— Appendages to Plants 59 
LECTURE XL— Calyx 65 
LECTURE XII.— Corolla and Nectary 09 
LECTURE XIII.— Stamens and Pistils 74 
LECTURE XIV.— Inflorescence.— Receptacle 81 
LECTURE XV.— The Fruit.— Pericarp.— Parts of the Pericarp.— Linnaeus's Classification 
of Fruits.— Mi rbel's Classification of Fruits 86 
LECTURE XVI,— The Seed.— Synopsis of the External organs of Plants 90 
LECTURE XVIL— Physiological Views.— Germination of the Seed 102 
LECTURE XVIII.— Physiological Views.— Solid and Fluid parts of Vegetables 107 
LECTURE XIX.— Physiological Views.— Bark.— Wood.— Pith.— Growth of a Dicotyledo- 
nous Plant.— Growth of a Monocotyledonous Plant 112 
ZJBCTUIIE XX.— Chemical Composition of Plants,— Proximate Principles — Chemical Ana- 
lysis of theSnp 119 
