Excerpt from The Nature and Work of Plants: An Introduction to the Study The course outlined in this little book is essentially a study of the functions or action of the plant, and organs are considered chiefly as instruments for the performance of work, with but little attention to their morphology. It is believed that this method of introduction to the subject of botany will be best suited for beginners who have not at hand the facilities of a laboratory. In conformity with this idea, the use of technical terms has been restricted to the actual necessities of logical treatment, and the demonstrations have been developed by the simplest experimental methods. Material. - The apparatus needed to carry out the work may be found in any household, with the exception of the hand lens, which may be purchased for less than a dollar; a glass which will magnify six to ten times will be sufficient. A supply of plant material is, of course, indispensable. 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.