Calendar: 1881-1882 Page 344

EVENING CLASSES 21 STRUCTURAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL BOTANY Day 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 Universitv of London Part -Structural Botany Introductory Remarks on the Objects of Botanical Science -Dennition 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 Layering &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 11 -Physiological Botany Functions of the Nutritive Organs -Food of Bants 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