Download or read book Outlines for Field Studies of Some Common Plants, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Clarence Hall Robison and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Outlines for Field Studies of Some Common Plants, Vol. 1 These "Outlines for Field Studies" are intended to direct the efforts of the pupil in the out-door study of common plants. Instead of indulging in sweeping directions that apply in a general way to a group of objects, without really fitting any specific one, they aim to tell the student exactly what to look at, and how to do it, without telling him what he is expected to see. Thus is laid a foundation of observation that may be used in the class room in drawing conclusions. They have been written in plain Anglo-Saxon, with a minimum of botanical terms, with reference to the capacity of ninth grade pupils. Studies supplementary to the field work, taking up simple microscopic characters and easily demonstrated functions, have been added to several topics. Teachers having facilities for giving the experimental work the attention it merits will find the field well covered in the works by Atkinson, Barnes, Bergen, and Caldwell. To study the plant where, it grows will bring the pupil into contact with Nature at first hand as the more or less artificial laboratory method cannot do; though much of the work here outlined can be done in the school room. The types chosen in most cases are plants to be found in the yards and vacant lots near home or school. Weeds are the successful competitors par excellence, among the hosts of plant rivals. Time spent in studying the adaptations that enable them to succeed is not wasted. These field studies are especially adapted to supply the illustrative material to accompany the first few chapters of Professor John M. Coulter's very excellent texts "Plant Relations" and "Plant Studies," (D. Appleton & Company), and are bound so as to lie open without the necessity of flattening open the book, which would be a great inconvenience when working in the field. The "Spring Flower Studies" constitutes Part II, and is bound separately for convenience It is an attempt to give by selected types an idea of the evolution in the plant kingdom which many have thought could be gained only through the microscopic study of lower forms, as the algae. The principles determining the trend of these flower studies are those laid down in the chapter on Spermatophytes in Professor Coulter's text. 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.