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Elementary Botany

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The text presents an introductory course in plant biology organized in three parts. Part I explains plant physiology, treating protoplasm, absorption, transpiration, conduction, photosynthesis, nutrition, digestion, respiration, growth, and irritability, with emphasis on experimentation and simpler forms. Part II examines morphology and life histories through representative algae, fungi, bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and angiosperms, progressing from simpler to more complex forms to clarify development, reproduction, and fertilization. Part III addresses ecological relationships, tissue organization, organ functions, environmental factors, and plant communities such as forests, prairies, deserts, alpine, and aquatic societies, and includes classification guidance and classroom-oriented pedagogical notes.

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Title: Elementary Botany

Author: George Francis Atkinson

Release date: February 20, 2021 [eBook #64601]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Credits: Sonya Schermann and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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Cycas revoluta (see page 311).

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ELEMENTARY BOTANY

BY

GEORGE FRANCIS ATKINSON, Ph.B.

Professor of Botany in Cornell University

THIRD EDITION, REVISED

NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1905

Copyright, 1898, 1905
BY
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

ROBERT DRUMMOND, PRINTER, NEW YORK