. Botany for beginners: an introduction to Mrs. Lincoln's Lectures on botany. Plants. 14 BOTANY FOR BEGINNERS. TCh. II. 27. 2d. That which treats of the different parts of the plants and their uses ; this is Physiological Botany. Fig. 1. 28. In beginning to study Botany, it is best to examine first the parts ot a flower. 29. Here is a lily, Fig. 1; that part of it which ct you would call the blos- soms, is the corolla ; * this is composed of six .parts, each of which is [called a petal. 30. There are within the corolla six thread- like organs; these are called stamens ; examine them as they ap
. Botany for beginners: an introduction to Mrs. Lincoln's Lectures on botany. Plants. 14 BOTANY FOR BEGINNERS. TCh. II. 27. 2d. That which treats of the different parts of the plants and their uses ; this is Physiological Botany. Fig. 1. 28. In beginning to study Botany, it is best to examine first the parts ot a flower. 29. Here is a lily, Fig. 1; that part of it which ct you would call the blos- soms, is the corolla ; * this is composed of six .parts, each of which is [called a petal. 30. There are within the corolla six thread- like organs; these are called stamens ; examine them as they appear at Figr. 2. You see that one part, as at a, is long and slender; this is called the filament, from filling a thread. At b is a little knob which is hollow like a box ; this is the anther. * So called from the Latin corolla, a little 27. 28. 29. parts. 30. What is physiological Botany 1 What is the best way of beginning the study of Botany 1 What are the botanical names of the blossom of a lily and its Describe the stamens and their parts,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Phelps, Lincoln, Mrs. , 1793-1884. New York, Huntington & Savage
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