1900 BOTANY fashion PLANTS FLOWERS Antique Apothecary Book Elements of Botany 120+ Years Old

120+ YEARS OLD AND IN GORGEOUS CONDITION
A VERY IN-DEPTH GUIDE TO BOTANY AND THE STUDY OF PLANTS
SCROLL fashion DOWN TO SEE THE CHAPTER LIST! THIS BOOK HAS IT ALL AND THEN SOME!
ONE OF THE ONLY PRINTINGS OF ITS KIND FOR SALE ONLINE
SCARCE VICTORIAN ERA AUTHENTIC PRINTING "NON-REPRINT"
FILLED WITH HUNDREDS OF GORGEOUS ILLUSTRATIONS
A BIBLE FOR HERBALISTS AND LOVERS OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
"WHY USE CHEMICALS WHEN NATURE IN HER WISDOM HAS PROVIDED"
EXTREMELY HARD TO ATTAIN COPY IN AMAZING CONDITION
THIS MASTERPIECE OF A BOOK WAS VERY VERY FAR AHEAD OF ITS TIME

This is a very fine example of a turn of the century book on the study of plants. With multitudes of very detailed works of art and text that is very easy to understand even for a novice of the craft. Although written well over a century ago these teachings and knowledge are just as true today as they were then. There is something truly magical about holding and reading a book of this era on the in-depth study of plants. Dives deep into the field with microscopic artworks of the inner working of plants
This book is composed of hundreds of detailed illustrations, extensive knowledge on plants and Botany, and so much more. If you look at the chapter section at the beginning of this book it will blow your mind how much knowledge it contains. Very Comprehensive and accurate you would think it was written yesterday. One of the most brilliant literary compositions of Botany ever made.


CONTENTS.


SECTION I. INTRODUCTORY

SECTION II. FLAX AS A PATTERN PLANT
Growth from the Seed, Organs of Vegetation
Blossoming, Flower, &c.

SECTION III. MORPHOLOGY OF SEEDLINGS
Germinating Maples
Cotyledons thickened, hypogæous in germination
Store of Food external to the Embryo
Cotyledons as to the number
Dicotyledonous and Monocotyledonous
Monocotyledonous
Simple-stemmed Plants

SECTION IV. GROWTH FROM BUDS; BRANCHING
Buds, situation, and kinds
Vigorous vegetation from strong Buds
Arrangement of Branches
Non-developed, Latent, and Accessory Buds
Enumeration of kinds of Buds
Definite and Indefinite growth; Deliquescent and Excurrent

SECTION V. ROOTS
Primary and Secondary. The contrast between Stem and Root
Fibrous and Fleshy Roots; names of kinds
Anomalous Roots. Epiphytic and Parasitic Plants
Duration: Annuals, Biennials, Perennials

SECTION VI. STEMS
Those above Ground: kinds and modifications
Subterranean Stems and BrancheS
Rootstock
Tuber
Corm
Bulb and Bulblets
Consolidated Vegetation

SECTION VII. LEAVES
§ 1. Leaves as Foliage
Parts and Venation
Forms as to general outline
As to apex and particular outline
As to lobing or division
The compound, Perfoliate, and Equitant Leaves
With no distinction of Petiole and Blade, Phyllodia, &c.
§ 2. Leaves of Special Confirmation and Use
Leaves for storage
Leaves as bud-scales
Spines
and for Climbing
Pitchers
and Fly-traps
§ 3. Stipules
§ 4. The Arrangement of Leaves
Phyllotaxy
Of Alternate Leaves
Of Opposite and Whorled Leaves
Vernation or Præfoliation

SECTION VIII. FLOWERS
§ 1. Position and Arrangement, Inflorescence
Raceme
Corymb, Umbel, Spike, Head
Spadix, Catkin, or Ament
Panicle: Determinate Inflorescence
Cyme, Fascicle, Glomerule, Scorpioid or Helicoid Cymes
Mixed Inflorescence
§ 2. Parts or Organs of the Flower
Floral Envelopes: Perianth, Calyx, Corolla
Essential Organs: Stamen, Pistil
Torus or Receptacle
§ 3. Plan of the Flower
When perfect, complete, regular, or symmetrical
Numerical Plan and Alternation of Organs
Flowers are altered branches
§ 4. Modifications of the Type
Unisexual or diclinous
Incomplete, Irregular, and Unsymmetrical
Flowers with Multiplication of Parts
Flowers with Union of Parts: Coalescence
Regular Forms
Irregular Forms
Papilionaceous
Labiate
and Ligulate Corollas
Adnation or Consolidation
Position of Flower or of its Parts
§ 5. Arrangement of Parts in the Bud
Æstivation or Præfloration, its kinds

SECTION IX. STAMENS IN PARTICULAR
Andrœcium
Insertion, Relation, &c.
Anther and Filament. Pollen

SECTION X. PISTILS IN PARTICULAR
§ 1. Angiospermous or Ordinary Gynœcium
Parts of a complete Pistil
Carpels, Simple Pistil
[Pg vii]Compound Pistil with Cells and Axile Placentæ
One-celled with Free Central Placenta
One-celled with Parietal Placentæ
§ 2. Gymnospermous Gynœcium

SECTION XI. OVULES
Their Parts, Insertion, and Kinds

SECTION XII. MODIFICATIONS OF THE RECEPTACLE
Torus, Stipe, Carpophore, Disk
SECTION XIII. FERTILIZATION
§ 1. Adaptations for Pollination of the Stigma
Close and Cross Fertilization, Anemophilous and Entomophilous
Dichogamy and Heterogony
§ 2. Action of the Pollen and Formation of the Embryo

SECTION XIV. THE FRUIT
Nature and kinds
Berry, Pepo, Pome
Drupe and Akene
Cremocarp, Caryopsis, Nut
Follicle, Legume, Capsule
Capsular Dehiscence, Silique and Silicle
Pyxis, Strobile or Cone
SECTION XV. THE SEED
Seed-coats and their appendages
The Kernel or Nucleus, Embryo and its parts, Albumen
SECTION XVI. VEGETABLE LIFE AND WORK
§ 1. Anatomical Structure and Growth
Nature of Growth, Protoplasm
Cells and Cell-walls. Cellular Structure or Tissue
Strengthening Cells. Wood, Wood-cells, Vessels or Ducts
§ 2. Cell-contents
Sap, Chlorophyll, Starch
Crystals, Rhaphides
§ 3. Anatomy of Roots and Stems
Endogenous and Exogenous Stems
Particular structure of the latter
Wood, Sapwood and Heart-wood. The living parts of a Tree
§ 4. Anatomy of Leaves
Epidermis, Stomata or Breathing pores
§ 5. Plant Food and Assimilation
§ 6. Plant Work and Movement
Movements in Cells or Cyclosis
Transference from Cell to Cell
[Pg viii]Movements of Organs, Twining Stems, Leaf-movements
Movements of Tendrils, Sensitiveness
Movements in Flowers
Movements for capture of Insects
Work costs, using up Material and Energy
SECTION XVII. CRYPTOGAMOUS OR FLOWERLESS PLANTS
Vascular Cryptogams, Pteridophytes
Horsetails (Equisetaceæ), Ferns
Club-Mosses (Lycopodium), &c.
Quillworts (Isoetes), Pillworts (Marsilia)
Azolla. Cellular Cryptogams
Bryophytes. Mosses (Musci)
Liverworts (Hepaticæ)
Thallophytes
Characeæ
Algæ, Seaweeds, &c.
Lichenes or Lichens
Fungi
SECTION XVIII. CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE
§ 1. Kinds and Relationship
Species, Varieties, Individuals
Genera, Orders, Classes, &c.
§ 2. Names, Terms and Characters
Nomenclature of Genera, Species, and Varieties
Nomenclature of Orders, Classes, &c. Terminology
§ 3. System
Artificial and Natural
Synopsis of Series, Classes, &c.
SECTION XIX. BOTANICAL WORK
§ 1. Collection or Herborization
§ 2. Herbarium
§ 3. Investigation and Determination of Plants
§ 4. Signs and Abbreviations
Abbreviations of the Names of Botanists
Glossary combined with Index