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Outlines Of Lessons In Botany, For The Use Of Teachers, Or Mothers Studying With Their Children, Part 2 - Softcover

Jane Hancox Newell

 
9780371790434: Outlines Of Lessons In Botany, For The Use Of Teachers, Or Mothers Studying With Their Children, Part 2

Synopsis

Outlines Of Lessons In Botany, For The Use Of Teachers, Or Mothers Studying With Their Children, Part 2 by Jane Hancox Newell is a classroom botany manual that continues Part I’s practical approach. This volume treats Flower and Fruit, guiding students through a structured sequence of lessons on Early Bulbous Plants, House Plants, Early Spring Flowers, Forest Trees in Blossom, Blossoming Fruit-Trees And Their Allies, Later Spring Flowers, Common Weeds, Early Composites, and the Morphology of the Flower, with careful attention to observation, drawing, and field study. The author introduces essential terms (calyx, corolla, stamen, pistil, ovary, placentation, dehiscence) and explains how floral form relates to pollination and seed dispersal. The book blends morphological analysis with systematic classification, cross-fertilization, and notes on plant life cycles, fertility, and reproduction. Richly illustrated and designed for active classroom use, it aims to cultivate habits of precise description, careful observation, and scientific thinking in young students. Written to accompany Part I, it combines theory with practical exercises and field observations to bring botany to life.

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