The rare Barringtonia papuana can be viewed now in flower at the Harold L. Lyon Arboretum. The plant’s bloom, at right, resembles a small pompom. The genus Barringtonia was named in honor of Daines ...

Vascular bundles in a plant’s leaf, shown above in an image taken through a microscope, contain xylem. This is a network of tissues that helps transport water throughout the interior of the plant.

THE scope of this book is somewhat ambitious, for although it is limited to the requirements of intermediate examinations, it takes up in considerable detail the four main branches of botany.

New Phytologist is a leading world journal, publishing original research papers on all aspects of the plant sciences. It publishes also a prestigious series of invited reviews, Tansley Reviews, named ...

IT is now almost universally admitted that the study of botany may be made an excellent training for children; but the extent of the subject is so great, and the phraseology has become so overwhelmed ...