Botany - A Junior Book for Schools

First published in 1927, this popular book by Professor R. H. Yapp is a well-illustrated and easy-to-read introduction to botany.

List of contents

Preface to the second edition; Preface to the third edition; 1. The groundsel, the sycamore and the cock's-foot grass; 2. Flowers and fruits; 3. Seeds; 4. The germination of seeds; 5. The conditions necessary for germination; 6. The growth of plants; 7. Roots and their work; 8. The soil; 9. The transpiration of water; 10. How plants economize water; 11. How a green leaf makes food from the air; 12. Leaves; 13. How foliage leaves get light; 14. The ways in which a plant uses its food; 15. The movements of plants; 16. How plants obtain air; 17. Other ways of obtaining food; 18. The different forms of plants. I. Herbs; 19. The different forms of plants. II. Trees and shrubs; 20. How plants pass the winter. I. Trees and shrubs; 21. How plants pass the winter. II. Herbs; 22. The flower of the buttercup; 23. Other flowers; 24. Cross- and self-pollination; 25. Pollination continued. Inflorescences; 26. Fruits and the migration of plants; 27. Fruits and the migration of plants - continued; 28. The relationships of flowering plants; Appendix. The names of plants; Index.

Summary

First published in 1927 as the third edition of a 1923 original, this popular book by Professor R. H. Yapp is a well-illustrated and easy-to-read introduction to botany. The text includes detailed botanical drawings and suggestions for simple practical experiments to be performed by the reader.

Product details

• Authors: R. H. Yapp, Yapp R. H.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2013
• EAN: 9781107619548
• ISBN: 978-1-107-61954-8
• No. of pages: 218
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, EDUCATION / History, History of Education, Botany & plant sciences, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Botany and plant sciences