Practical Botany

Contents: Introduction. 1. The compound microscope. 2. Reserve stuffs in Situ. 3. Protoplasm. 4. Chromatophores (pigment bodies). 5. Tissues. 6. The epidermis--stomata--water-stomata. 7. The epidermis--Hairs--glands--wax. 8. The monocotyledonous stem and closed collateral vascular bundles. 9. Open collateral vascular bundles. 10. Structure of conferous stem. 11. Structure of the stem of the lime. 12. The central cylinder (stele) and secondary thickening of roots. 13. The stele of the pteridophyta. 14. Cork--Lenticels--Bark. 15. Structure of foliage and of floral leaves. 16. The growing apex of the stem. 17. Growing apex of roots. 18. Vegetative structure of the bryophyta. 19. Vegetative structure of fungi, lichens and algae. 20. Diatomaceae, protococcus, schizophyceae. 21. Schizomycetes (Bacteria). 22. The reproduction of algae. 23. The reproduction of fungi. 24. Reproduction of the higher fungi and of lichens. 25. The reproduction of mosses and liverworts (Bryophyta). 26. The reproduction of the pteridophyta. 27. The reproduction of gymnosperms. 28. The androecium of angiosperms. 29. The gynoecium of angiosperms. 30. Structure of the seed of angiosperms. 31. The fruit of angiosperms. 32. Cell-division and nuclear division fixing.

"The highest possibilities of a microscope are only attained by the aid of the comparatively new "apochromatic" objectives an their compensating eye-pieces, but their high price and the necessary accessories, may be taken for the present to place them outside the use of those for whom this book is intended.

Besides the compound microscope to which we have hitherto exclusively referred, a simple, or so-called preparation of dissecting microscope is also more or less necessary. For all purposes of this book, and , indeed, for most botanical purposes, whether in anatomy or morphology, a dissecting microscope of very simple construction is all that is needed." (jacket)