Calendar: 1925-1926 Page 172

172 FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCE BOTANY AND PLANT BIOLOGY Head of the Department Professor Reginald Ruggles Gates Ph General Sc Courses -Intermediate Science Lectures Tu and 2-3 The instruction is based on the Schedule for the Intermediate Sc Examinations of the University of London but in addition to the special study of the prescribed types consideration is given to the general principles of Plant Morphology Physiology Classification Heredity Cytology Evolution Ecology and Natural History of Plants Y2 -Practical Class Tu 3-6 throughout the Session 10-1 Michaelmas Term -B Sc Two-Year Course Lectures 10-11 10-11 10-11 The subjects treated are as follows -Morphology and Phylogeny of all the Plant Groups practical applications of Botany Palseophy- tology Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Classification and Ecology of Plants Zs -Practical Class and 3-6 Special Sc Courses Class is held three times week throughout the year Tu and 10-1 It includes Lectures and Laboratory work on the above subjects and in the Summer Term on Practical Plant Physiology and the Natural Orders of Plants A2 -Field Class in Botany Arranged as Course of practical work on British Vegetation Meets on Saturday afternoons during the Summer Term A3 -Special Inter-Collegiate Courses Prof Gates Genetics for Students in Botany and Zoology Summer Term Six lectures dealing more particularly with breeding work and cytology in alternate years the former being emphasized in 1926 Dr Schwartz The Myxomycetes and their Affinities Summer Term Four lectures Chapman Recent work in Assimilation Lent Term Four lectures Th 30 Botanical Laboratories Research The Laboratories are open daily except Saturdays from 10-6 during Term Special arrangements are made for Students desiring to take up research