Lectures on the elements of botany. Part I, Containing the descriptive anatomy of those organs on which the growth and preservation of the vegetable depend. Vol. I / By Anthony Todd Thomson, F.L.S.

  • Thomson, Anthony Todd, 1778-1849.
Date:
1822
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Credit: Lectures on the elements of botany. Part I, Containing the descriptive anatomy of those organs on which the growth and preservation of the vegetable depend. Vol. I / By Anthony Todd Thomson, F.L.S. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LECTURE I.—Page I. INTRODUCTION—SKETCH OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF BOTANY—UTILITY OF THE SCIENCE—METHOD OF STUDYING IT, AND PLAN OF THE COURSE. LECTURE II .—Page 39. DEFINITION OF A PLANT—GENERAL VIEW OF THE VEGETABLE FUNCTIONS. - LECTURE III.—Page 69. GENERAL COMPONENTS OF THE VEGETABLE STRUCTURE. LECTURE IV.—Page 125. VEGETABLE ORGANIZATION.—THE ROOT—ITS SITUA- TION, SPECIES, AND VARIETIES—DIRECTION AND DURATION. LECTURE V.—Page 189. THE SUBJECT OF THE FORMER LECTURE CONTI- NUED.—OF SOILS AND MANURES.—OF THE MEDI- CINAL AND DIETETICAL PROPERTIES OF ROOTS. LECTURE VI.—Page 241. THE STEM—ITS. DIRECTION—DIVISIONS AND BRANCH- ING——COVERING——-COLOUR—FIGURE. CLASSIFICA- TION OF STEMS. VOL. I. b