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The Elements of Botany, For Beginners and For Schools

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Nature, Gardens & Animals

The Elements of Botany, For Beginners and For Schools

Asa Gray

328 pages~6 hr 33 min read55 chapters$4.99
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America's greatest botanist wrote the book that taught the nation its plants. Asa Gray starts beginners with a single pattern plant, then builds through seedlings, roots, stems, and leaves to the whole living structure. Clear, orderly, and made for the schoolroom and the curious alike. Learn botany from the ground up with a true master.

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55 chapters

  1. 1THE ELEMENTS OF BOTANY
  2. 2PREFACE.
  3. 3CONTENTS.
  4. 4Section I. INTRODUCTORY.
  5. 5FOOTNOTES:
  6. 6Section II. FLAX AS A PATTERN PLANT.
  7. 7Section III. MORPHOLOGY OF SEEDLINGS.
  8. 8Section IV. GROWTH FROM BUDS: BRANCHING.
  9. 9Section V. ROOTS.
  10. 10Section VI. STEMS.
  11. 11Section VII. LEAVES.
  12. 12§ 1. LEAVES AS FOLIAGE.
  13. 13§ 2. LEAVES OF SPECIAL CONFORMATION AND USE.
  14. 14§ 3. STIPULES.
  15. 15§ 4. THE ARRANGEMENT OF LEAVES.
  16. 16Section VIII. FLOWERS.
  17. 17§ 1. POSITION AND ARRANGEMENT OF FLOWERS, OR INFLORESCENCE.
  18. 18§ 2. PARTS OR ORGANS OF THE FLOWER.

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