02039cam a22003133u 4500 33757 UtSlPG 20260610133753.0 m cr n 260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 01000850 UtSlPG en iso639-1 QK Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 The Elements of Botany, For Beginners and For Schools Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2010 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2010-09-18 Produced by Curtis Weyant, Stephen H. Sentoff and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Elements of Botany, For Beginners and For Schools" by Asa Gray is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This educational work serves to introduce readers, particularly students, to the principles of botany, focusing on the structure, growth, and behavior of flowering plants. Gray aims to equip newcomers with a foundational understanding of botanical concepts, emphasizing the importance of practical observation over rote memorization of technical terms. The opening of this volume presents a preface explaining its purpose and revisions from Gray's earlier works. It establishes that the book is designed for schools and aims to make botanical knowledge accessible and interesting to beginners by concentrating on flowering plants and their structural components. Gray introduces essential botanical vocabulary and outlines the structure and function of plants, setting the stage for a systematic study while underlining the practical aspects of plant observation and understanding. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Plants https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33757 74603 74603