CONTENTS. 
PAOB 
Preface 3 
Directions TO Teachers 5 
RCLES FOR PRONOUNCINO BOTANICAL 
Names 298 
LECTURE I.— Importance of System.— Ad- 
vantages to be derived from the Study of 
Botat. - Division of the Lectures 9 
PART I. 
LECTURjiJ 1 1.— General Division of Sciences. 
— De,'Hrtment8 of Botanical Science. — 
Parts jf a Flower. — Analysis of Plants . . 13 
LECTURE. III.— Method of analyzing Plants. 
— Analysis of the Pink, Lily, Rose, and 
Popr^.., 15 
LECTURT^'. i v.— Classes and Orders of Lin- 
naeus 19 
LECTURE v.— Method of analyzing Plants 
by a P«'r;<j9 of Comparisons. — General Re- 
marks upon Plants, &c 23 
PART II. 
LECTURE VL — Importance of observing ex- 
ternal O^'^ects. — Vegetables consist of two 
Sets o. ( jrgans.— Of the Root 27 
LECTURE Vll.-Stem 34 
LECTURE VIII.— Buds 39 
LECTUR 1 IX.— Leaves 42 
LECTURE X.— Anatomy and Physiology of 
Leaves. — Their Use in the Vegetable Sys- 
tem. — Fall of the Leaf. — Appendages to 
Plani<. 52 
LECTUKJ XI.— Calyx 59 
LECTURE XII.— Corolla 63 
LECTURE XIII.— Stamens and Pistils 68 
LEr'TURE X IV.— Inflorescence 76 
LECTURE XV.— The Fruit. — Pericarp. — 
Parts of the Pericarp. — Mirbel's Classifica- 
tion "f Fruits 81 
LECTUPE XVI.— The Seed. — Synopsis of 
the EAcernal Organs of Plants 89 
LECTURE XVII.— Theory of Metamorphosis 
of Oifars of Plants 94 
LECTUR iJ XVIII.— Physiological Views.— 
Germination of the Seed 98 
LECTUKE XIX. — Physiological Views.— 
Elem^ -Jlary Organs or Vegetable Tissues. 
—Solid and Fluid Parts of Vegetables. ... 101 
LECTUKE XX. — Physiological Views.— 
Bark. - Wood. — Pith. — Growth of a 
Dicotyledonous Plant. — Growth of a Mon- 
ocoty.eO"nous Plant 107 
LECTUl !<; XXI. — Physiological Views. — 
Ch«'.>n"-al Composition of Plants. — Proxi- 
mo- ('r.nciples. — Chemical Analysis of 
Hi<B?&\ 114 
PART III. — CLASSIFICATION. 
LECTURE XXIT.— Method of Tournefort.— 
Sjstem of Linnaeus. — Natural Methods. — 
PAftI 
Method of Jussien. — (yomparison between 
the Classifications of Tournefort, Lianseus, 
and Jussien lit 
LECTURE XXIII.— Characters used m Clas- 
sification 123 
LECTURE XXIV.— Use of Botanical Names. 
— Artificial Classes and Orders considered 
in Groups. — Classes Monandria and Dian- 
dria 127 
LECTURE XXV,— Triandria.— Tetrandria . . 132 
LECTURE XXVI.— Pentandria 139 
LECTURE XXVU. — Hexandria. — Heptan- 
dria 147 
LECTURE XXVIII. — Octandria. — Ennean- 
dria 152 
LECTURE XXIX.— Decandria 156 
LECTURE XXX.— Icosandria.— Polyandria . 159 
LECTURE XXXI. — Didynamia. — Tetrady- 
namia 165 
LECTURE XXXII.— Monadelphia 108 
LECTURE XXXIII.— Diadelphia 171 
LECTURE XXXI v.— Syngenesia 175 
LECTURE XXXV.— Gynandria 180 
LECTURE XXX VI.— Monoecia.—Dioecia .. 182 
LECTURE XXXVII.— Cryptogamia 187 
PART TV. 
LECTURE XXXVIII.— The Flowering Sea- 
sons of Plants 194 
LECTURE XXXIX, — Habits of Plants.— 
Agents which affect their Growth. — Their 
Habitations. — Geographical Situations. — 
Elevation corresponding to Latitude 202 
LECTURE XL,— Plants as affected by Culti- 
vation. — Change of Organs. — Diseases. — 
Economical Uses 209 
LECTURE X LI.— History of Botany from 
the Creation of the World to the Dis- 
covery of America 214 
LECTURE XLII.— History of Botany from 
the beginning of the 16th Century to the 
time of Linnaeus. — From the time of Lin- 
naeus to the present 222 
LECTURE XLIII. — General Views of Na- 
ture. — Organized and Inorganized Bodies. 
— Classification of Animals 233 
PART V. 
The Natural System of Classification 243 
Polypetalous Orders 245 
Monopetalous Orders 267 
Apetalous Orders 278 
Supplement 299 
PART VL 
Genera referred to Natural Orders 333 
Description of Genera , 840 
Description of Species 875 
Index and Vocabulary 494 
Symbolical Language jf Flowers 509 
Common Names of Plants 511 
