Botany (Science Primers)

129 pp. With 68 illustrations. Deep red cloth boards. CONTENTS: Introductory; General Characters of Flowering Plants; The Tissues of Plants; The Nature of the Cell, and Growth of Cell-Tissue; The Food of Plants; The Growing Seed; The Root; The Stem; The Buds and Axil-Branches; The Leaves; The Inflorescence; The Flowers; The Calyx; The Corolla; The Disk; Aestivation; The Stamen; The Pistil; The Ovule; Fertilization; The Fruit; The Seed; Surface Coverings and Appendages; Gymnospermous Plants; Classification; Physiological Experiments; Instructions for Teachers of Elementary Botany; A School Garden of Flowering Plants; Schedules for Exercises on Leaves and Flowers; Index of Plants Referred to.