The Elements of Botany


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(4.9 stars; 13 reviews)

The book is intended to ground beginners in Structural Botany and the principles of vegetable life, mainly as concerns Flowering or Phanerogamous plants, with which botanical instruction should always begin; also to be a companion and interpreter to the Manuals and Floras by which the student threads his flowery way to a clear knowledge of the surrounding vegetable creation. Such a book, like a grammar, must needs abound in technical words, which thus arrayed may seem formidable; nevertheless, if rightly apprehended, this treatise should teach that the study of botany is not the learning of names and terms, but the acquisition of knowledge and ideas. No effort should be made to commit technical terms to memory. Any term used in describing a plant or explaining its structure can be looked up when it is wanted, and that should suffice. On the other hand, plans of structure, types, adaptations, and modifications, once understood, are not readily forgotten; and they give meaning and interest to the technical terms used in explaining them. - Summary by Asa Gray (7 hr 45 min)

Capítulos

SECTION I. INTRODUCTORY 5:23 Leído por J. M. Smallheer
SECTION II. FLAX AS A PATTERN PLANT 9:02 Leído por J. M. Smallheer
SECTION III. MORPHOLOGY OF SEEDLINGS 27:09 Leído por Corrinne LePage
SECTION IV. GROWTH FROM BUDS; BRANCHING 16:25 Leído por laurencetrask
SECTION V. ROOTS 14:47 Leído por laurencetrask
SECTION VI. STEMS 25:17 Leído por laurencetrask
SECTION VII. LEAVES -Part 1 33:02 Leído por laurencetrask
SECTION VII. LEAVES -Part 2-4 20:42 Leído por laurencetrask
SECTION VIII. FLOWERS. Part 1-3 28:44 Leído por MacKenzie Nikol Greenwood
SECTION VIII. FLOWERS. Part 4-5 23:54 Leído por MacKenzie Nikol Greenwood
SECTION IX. STAMENS IN PARTICULAR 18:03 Leído por Kathleen Moore
SECTION X. PISTILS IN PARTICULAR 15:29 Leído por Kathleen Moore
SECTION XI. OVULES 7:28 Leído por Kathleen Moore
SECTION XII. MODIFICATIONS OF THE RECEPTACLE 6:05 Leído por Kathleen Moore
SECTION XIII. FERTILIZATION 11:12 Leído por Larry Wilson
SECTION XIV. THE FRUIT 19:43 Leído por Corrinne LePage
SECTION XV. THE SEED 7:05 Leído por Larry Wilson
SECTION XVI. VEGETABLE LIFE AND WORK. Parts 1-4 44:53 Leído por Corrinne LePage
SECTION XVI. VEGETABLE LIFE AND WORK. Parts 5-6 37:01 Leído por Corrinne LePage
SECTION XVII. CRYPTOGAMOUS OR FLOWERLESS PLANTS 43:10 Leído por Peter Yearsley
SECTION XVIII. CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE 31:33 Leído por Amy Gramour
SECTION XIX. BOTANICAL WORK 19:10 Leído por Corrinne LePage

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Greta info and great reading


(5 stars)

Although I suggest you to find the book on the web and follow the images as mentioned here. Very interesting, thank you

Good introduction to old school botany


(5 stars)

Asa Gray is one of founders of the modern botany. This is a great introductory work which explains everything from plant anatomy to taxonomy. Gray really had a handle on a great many things in the 19th Century and most is still relevant today. Even if some is dated I still think this is great introduction. I own a copy of this book so I would suggest you reference the relevant images while listening along to get the best experience.