Excerpt from Applied and Economic Botany: Especially Adapted for the Use of Students in Technical Schools, Agricultural, Pharmaceutical and Medical Colleges In the practical examination of the crude materials of the market we find more or less contamination with fungi, lichens, and other lower plants, and for this reason, as well as for the understanding of the morphology of the higher plants, a more or less succinct treatment of the Principal Groups of Plants is given in Chapter I. Another reason which has prompted the author to lay considerable stress on the knowledge contained in this chap ter is that if the student will master the technique and will apply himself to this part of the work, he will be better prepared to take up the study of the structures of higher plants. The chapter on Classification of Higher Plants is quite extended and illustrated with a large number of photographs, showing not only many of our interesting wild plants but the principal economic plants that are used as foods drugs, and for other economic purposes, with considerable valuable technical information concerning them. The chapter on N omen clature has been included in order that the derivations of botanical names might be better understood and their correct spelling facilitated. The chapter on Cultivation of Medicinal Plants, while especially prepared for those interested in the subject, will be found useful to those interested in other industries where the extermination of native plants is calling attention to practical means for their replenishment. The chapter on Microscopic Technique contains methods for the preparation of commercial materials and much information that doubtless will facilitate practical work. The index contains some titles, making the information contained in this volume readily accessible. 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.