Botany for Agricultural Students

Botany for Agricultural Students
By John N. Martin

Contents

Introduction
--I--The Nature and Subdivisions of Botany
--II--A General View of Plants

Part I: Plants (Chiefly Seed Plants), as to Structures and Functions
--III--Flowers [General characteristics and structure of flowers; Some particular forms of flowers; Arrangement of flowers or inflorescence]
--IV--Pistils and Stamens [Structure and function of pistils and stamens; Pollination]
--V--Seeds and Fruits [Nature and structure of seeds; Resting period, vitality, and longevity of seeds; Purity and analysis of seeds; Nature and types of fruits of Flowering Plants; dissemination of seeds and fruits]
--VI--Germination of Seeds; Seedlings [Nature of germination and factors upon which it depends; Germinative processes; Testing the germinative capacity of seeds; Seedlings]
--VII--Cells and Tissues [Structure and function of cells; Respiration; Cell multiplication; General view of tissues]
--VIII--Roots [General features of roots; Root structure; Factors influencing the direction of growth in roots; The soil as the home of roots; Water, air, and parasitic roots; Propagation by roots]
--IX--Stems [Characteristic features and types of stems; General structure of stems; Structure of monocotyledonous stems; Structure of herbaceous dicotyledonous stems; Structure of woody stems]
--X--Buds: Growth of Stems; Pruning; Propagation by Stems [Buds; Growth of stems; Pruning; Propagation by means of stems]
--XI--Leaves [Characteristic features of leaves; Primary and secondary leaves; General structure of leaves; Cellular structure of leaves; The manufacture of food by leaves; Factors influencing photosynthesis; Transpiration from plants; Respiration; Special forms of leaves; Uses of the photosynthetic food]

Part II: Plants as to Kinds, Relationships, Evolution, and Heredity
--XII--Introduction
--XIII--Thallophytes [Algae]
--XIV--Thallophytes [Myxomycetes]
--XV--Thallophytes [Fungi]
--XVI--Bryophytes [Liverworts and Mosses]
--XVII--Pteridophytes [Filicales; Horsetails; Club Mosses; Ferns]
--XVIII--Spermatophytes [Gymnosperms; Cycads; Pines]
--XIX--Spermatophytes [Angiosperms]
--XX--Classification of Angiosperms and some of Their Families of Most Economic Importance [Dicotyledons; Monocotyledons]
--XXI--Ecological classification of plants
--XXII--Evolution
--XXIII--Heredity
--XXIV--Plant Breeding

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