CONTENTS 
OP THE LECTURES AND APPENDIX. 
INTRODUCTION. 
PAGfS 
LECTURE I.— Importance of System— Advantages t& be derived from the Study of 
Botany.... 13 
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PART I. 
LECTURE n.— General Division of the Sciences which relate to Mind and Matter.—Differ- 
eat departments of Botanical Science.— Parts of a flower It 
LECTURE IIL— Method of analyzing Plants —Analysis of the Pink, Lily, Rose, and Poppy 1« 
LECTURE ly.— Latin and Greek Numerals— Artificial Classes and Orders a 
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 of 
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 VIII.— Of Buds 44 
LECTURE IX.— Of Leaves.— Form of Leaves.— Compoimd Leaves.— Leaves with respect 
to M£^gnitude 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 66^ 
LECTURE XII.— Corolla and Nectary 
LECTURE XIII.— Stamens and Pistils 74; 
LECTURE XIV.— Inflorescence.— Receptacle , 81 
LECTURE XV.— The Fruit.— Pericarp.— Parts of the Pericarp.— Linnajus's Classification 
of Fruits.— Mirbel's Classification of Fruits 
LECTURE XVI.— The Seed.— Synopsis of the External organs of Plants 98^ 
LECTURE XVII.— Physiological Views.— Germination of the Seed 102 
LECTURE XVnL— Physiological Views.— Solid and Fluid parts of Vegetables 107 
LECTURE XrX,— Physiological Views.— Bark.— Wood.— Pith.— Growth of a Dicotyledc 
nous Plant.— Growth of a Monocotyledonous Plant 112 
LECTURE XX.— Chemical Composition of Plants.— Proximate Principles.— Chemical Ana- 
lysis of the Sap ....«.....••.•••.... II'B 
