Calendar: 1870-1871 Page 297

296 EVENING CLASSES planting Trees &c -Distribution of Fluid Matters through the Plant or Circulation Functions of Leaves Exhalation or Transpiration Its Influence in Nature-Practical Applications arising from knowledge of this Process Respiration Importance of in preserving the Composition of the Atmosphere and Water- Growth of Plants in Bedrooms-Wardian Cases and the important purposes to which they may be applied Assi- milation Development Secretion Application of knowledge of the above functions in growing Timber Trees Fruits and Vegetables II Functions of the Reproductive Organs -Functions of the Calyx and Corolla-Fertilization-Hybridization-Ger mination-Vitality and Dispersion of Seeds BOOK RECOMMENDED Bentley's Manual of Botany 23 EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS Day and Hour of Attendance-Wednesday from to The Course for 1870-71 will treat of Heat and the Mole- cular Properties of Bodies The Inertia of Matter Extension Divisibility Gravitation Action and Reaction its Effects on Masses of Matter II Law3 of Cohesion and Adhesion Capillary At- traction Form of the Surface of a'Fluid Diffu- sion and Absorption of Liquids and Gases III The Principles of Fluids Pressure of Fluids on Surfaces Compressibility and Elasticity of Solids Liquids and Gases IV Constitution of Gases Expansion and Compression Boyle's and Mariotte's Laws of the Pressure of Gases