Class-Book of Botany, Designed for Colleges, Academies and Other Seminaries. In Two Parts: Part I. The Elements of Botanical Science. Part II. The Natural Orders. Illustrated by a Flora of the Northern, Middle and Western States. Particularly of the United States North of the Capitol by Wood, Alphonso - 1846

Troy, N.Y: Moore and Nims, 1846. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Stains throughout, minor loss to spine head. 1846 Hard Cover. 645, iv pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; Plan of Vegetation. Elementary Organs; Primary Divisions of the Vegetable Kingdom; Of the Flower: Of Its Parts and Their Arrangement - Stamens and the Artificial Classes - Of the Pistil and the Artificial Orders - Of the Mutual Action of the Stamens and Pistils; The Flower: Of the Calyx - Of the Corolla - Of the Nectary and Disk - Of the Aestivation; The Fruit: Of the Pericarp; The Fruit: Of the Seed - Of Germination - Of Dissemination; The Root: Physiological Structure and Functions of the Root; The Stem, or Ascending Axis: Physiological Structure of the Exogenous Stem - Functions of the Stem - Of the Endogenous Structure; The Leaf: Vernation - Arrangement - Organography - Form of Figure - Margin - Apex - Surface - Compound Leaves - Ascidia, Stipules, and Bracts - Duration - Physiological Structure - Of the Functions of Leaves; Inflorescence; Principles of Nutrition; Systematic Botany: Of the Classification of Plants; Of the Natural System; Nomenclature.