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294 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 minatioU-Vitality and Dispersion of Seeds BOOK RECOMMENDED Bentley's Manual of Botany 23 EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS Day and Hour of Attendance-Wednesday from to TheCourse forl871-72 will treat of Statical and Dynamical Electricity and Magnetism Electrical Attractions and Repulsions Conductors and Non-Conductocs Distinction of two kinds of Electricity Hypothesis of Electric Fluids Laws of Electrical Action II Effect of Air and Moisture in causing loss of Electricity Influence of the Form of the Body Distribution of Electricity on the Surface of Bodies Electrical Machines III Electrical Induction Faraday's Theory of Indue- tion Electroscopes The Electrophorus Con- densation of Electricity The Leyden Jar Elec- trical Discharges