Alphabet of botany, for the use of beginners / by James Rennie.

  • James Rennie
Date:
MDCCCXXXIV [1834]
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Credit: Alphabet of botany, for the use of beginners / by James Rennie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS PLAN OF THE WORK Botany multiplies human pleasures The Author’s first and most recent botanical rambles Minute study does not narrow the mind Want of plainness in introductory books All confined to some system List of Philosophical Botanists List of Systematic Botanists omitted Notice of the Second Edition THE WORD PLANT In what plants differ from animals Wire drawn distinctions useless . External parts of a plant MEMBERS OF PLANTS The term Appendage objectionable Order of description . . : Roots Their oflice ..... Dutch fruit trees in pots Roots in palms .... Depth of roots .... Parts of a root ..... Body of a root .... Legends of the mandrake and devil’s bit . Effect of stones on roots Use of the tubers in potatoes Crown or life-knot of a root . Varieties in annuals and perennials Radicles or branches of a root Rootlets or fibres of a root . . Their use proved by e.\periment Effects of soil on roots .... Experiments on the lengthening of roots Propagation by cuttings and layers . Roots shun the light .... Experiments on a misseltoe Experiments on French beans . No roots of a green colour Tubers ano Corms .... Page . xili . xiii . xiv . XV . XV . xvl . xvi . xvi 1 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 11
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