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Botany 3. -2-
8. The flower as to size, color, odor, monoecious,
dioecious or perfect; method of pollination.
9. The fruit as to kind, special mechanisms for
distribution and morphology of such devices.
10. Economic importance--as a weed, a poisonous plant,
food of man or animals, timber, or uses by aborigines.
We prefer that the study be made on the common weeds of
cultivated ground, on grasses and clovers and on the native
shrubs and trees, both evergreen and deciduous. Not only are
such plants more important to the beginner but we wish also
to avoid the wholesale destruction of our delicate woodland
plants by large college classes. The examination will be
based particularly on the groups of plants suggested above.
Each student who fails signally in the examination will
be conditioned in the course.
The following list of reference works should be useful
in preparing for the examinations.
A. For the study of Family Features:
1. Baillon. Histoire Naturelle des Plantes, 13 vols. Paris
1869. English translation by Hartog, H.
London, 1871.
2. Engler and Prantl. Die Naturliche Pflanzenfamilien;
20 vols. Leipzig, 1900.
3. Sargent, F. L. Plants and their uses. New York, 1913.
4. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany. Part II, Division II.
Translated by Lang, H. B. Fifth English
Edition, London, 1921.
5. Thoday, D. Botany for Senior Students. Section 4.
Cambridge, 1919.
B. For species identification and description.
1. Britton and Brown. Illustrated Flora of the Northern
United States and Canada. New York, 1913.
2. Dana, Mrs. W. S. How to know the Wild Flowers,
New York, 1893.
3. Gray's Manual of Botany. 7th edition. New York, 1908.
4. Lounsberry, A. L. A Guide to the Wild Flowers,
New York, 1899.
5. Peterson. How to know the Wild Fruits. New York, 1905.
C. Work on Economic Botany.
1. Bailey, L. H. Cyclopedia of Horticulture, 6 vols.
New York, 1914.
