Guide To The Literature Of Botany

Author : Eliza A. Youmans
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330042410
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Second Book of Botany written by Eliza A. Youmans and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Second Book of Botany: A Practical Guide to the Observation and Study of Plants This First Book of Botany, for the use of beginners, was designed to cultivate the observing powers of the young by making plants themselves the regular objects of study. It was published three years ago, and adopted by numerous schools, and, upon trial, it proved so satisfactory that there have been frequent and urgent calls for a more advanced book upon the same method. After much delay, which I regret, but have been unable to avoid, a Second Book, carrying out the plan, is now ready, together with an instructive series of Botanical Charts, which will be helpful to both teachers and pupils. In the preface to the First Book, and in an Essay reprinted at the end of the present volume, I have stated the purpose that led to these publications: the present extension of the method affords a suitable occasion for presenting some further considerations in illustration of it. I had two objects in view, one relating to the subject of Botany, and the other to the mental cultivation of the young. As regards tho science itself, it seemed to me to be very badly dealt with in the schools. In many it is not taught at all, and in others it is regarded as a kind of superfluous side-study, of such secondary importance that it matters little in what way it is treated. And so it is subordinated to the school routine, and pursued in a hurried and desultory manner, by books and recitations, and by memorizing second-hand information. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.