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Title: Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; From Seed to Leaf

Author: Jane H. Newell

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Language: English

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PART I; FROM SEED TO LEAF***

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OUTLINES OF LESSONS IN BOTANY.

PART I.: FROM SEED TO LEAF

FOR THE USE OF TEACHERS, OR MOTHERS STUDYING WITH THEIR CHILDREN.

BY

JANE H. NEWELL.

ILLUSTRATED BY H.P. SYMMES

1888.

PART I

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. PLANTS AND THEIR USES
1. Food
2. Clothing
3. Purification of the Air
4. Fuel

II. SEEDLINGS
1. Directions for raising in the Schoolroom
2. Study of Morning-Glory, Sunflower, Bean, and Pea
3. Comparison with other Dicotyledons
4. Nature of the Caulicle
5. Leaves of Seedlings
6. Monocotyledons
7. Food of Seedlings

III. ROOTS
1. Study of the Roots of Seedlings
2. Fleshy Roots
3. Differences between Stem and Root
4. Root-hairs
5. Comparison of a Carrot, an Onion, and a Potato

IV BUDS AND BRANCHES
1. Horsechestnut
Magnolia
Lilac
Beech
American Elm
Balm of Gilead
Tulip-tree
Cherry
Red Maple
Norway Spruce
2. Vernation
3. Phyllotaxy

V STEMS
1. Forms
2. Movements
3. Structure

VI LEAVES
1. Forms and Structure
2. Descriptions
3. Transpiration
4. Assimilation
5. Respiration

PREFACE.

In this study, as in all scientific teaching, the teacher's aim should
be to foster in his pupils the power of careful observation and clear
expression. The actual amount of knowledge gained at school must needs be
small, and often quickly forgotten, but the habit of right study is an
invaluable possession.

The former method of teaching Botany was confined almost wholly to dry,
technical classification. The pupil learned to find the name and ord