Includes bibliographical references and index

Table of Contents
Preface; Part I. The Elements of Structural and Physiological Botany: 1. Of the root, stem, and leaves; 2. What the root, stem, and leaves have to do; 3. Further details as to the leaves of the flower; 4. Common flowers to compare with the flower of the orange; 5. Examination of common plants continued as before; 6. How to fill up the schedules; 7. The various organs and their modifications; 8. The minute structure and vital processes of plants; Part II. First Book of Indian Botany: 1. Classification of plants; 2. Synopsis of the more important natural orders of Indian flowering plants; 3. Examination of typical species of the principal natural orders of Indian flowering plants; 4. Flowerless or cryptogamic plants; 5. How to dry specimens; Appendix; Index.