Calendar: 1880-1881 Page 340

340 EVENING CLASSES 21 STRUCTURAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL BOTANY Bay and Hour of Attendance-Friday from to The object of this Course is to give general sketch of the structure and functions of Plants The lectures are adapted as far as possible to meet the requirements of Candidates for Degrees in the University of London Part -Structural Botany Introductory Remarks on the Objects of Botanical Science Derinition of Plant-General Sketch of the Organs of Plants and of the Characters of the different Classes in the Vegetable Kingdom Elementary Structure of Plants -Cells and their Modi- fications-Epidermal Tissue and its Appendages-Compound Organs divisible into Nutritive and Reproductive Of the Nutritive Organs -1 The Root Distinc- tions between Roots and Stems Epiphytic and Parasitic Plants-Form of Roots The Stem General Characters of-Buds-Processes of Budding Grafting Laverinsc &c External Modifications of the Stem-Internal Structure- Age and Size of Trees-Mode of ascertaining their Age The Leaf General Characters and Structure II Of the Reproductive Organs -Bract or Floral Leaf- Inflorescence-The Flower and its Parts Calyx Corolla Androecium Gyncecium Fruit and Seed Part II -Physiological Botany Functions of the Nutritive Organs -Food of Plants Ap- plications of in Agriculture and Horticulture Function of Absorption Practical application of its knowledge in Trans- planting Trees &c-Distribution of Fluid Matters through