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DESCRIPTION OF COURSES

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY

N. C. HART, Associate Professor MARGARET A. McINTOSH, Assistant HELEN I. BATTLE, Demonstrator HELEN B. BERDAN, Demonstrator CLAUDE M. MCCALLUM, Demonstrator F. W. CLAASSENS, Technician

Students taking work in this department will be required to make a deposit of two dollars with the Head of the Department to cover sup­ plies and breakages. A refund of any surplus will be made at the end of the course taken.

10. Introductory Botany for General Course students; a course dealing with the general principles of Botany. 2 lectures and 4 laboratory hours per week; 2 credits. Prerequisite: Complete College Entrance Requirements. Text-book: Bergen and Caldwell, Introduction to Botany. References: Kerner and Oliver. Natural History of Plants. Gager, Fundamentals of Bo/any. Cavers, Plant Biowgy. Ganong, The Living Plant. Ganong, A Text Book of Botany for Colleges.

11. Elementary Botany for Medical students; a course dealing with the general principles of Botany. 2 lectures and 4 laboratory hours per week; 2 credits. Prerequisite: Complete College Entrance Requirements. Text-book and References-See Botany 10.

20. Cryptogamic Botany for General Course students; a course dealing with the Algae, Mosses and Ferns. 2 lectures and 4 laboratory hours per week; 2 credits. Prerequisite: Botany 10, Zoology 10. Text-book: Coulter, Barnes and Cowles, Text·book of Botany, Vol. I. References: Strasburger, Text-book of Botany. Grout, Mosses. Marshall, Mosses and Lichens. Campbell, Mosses and Ferns.

30. Phanerogamic Botany for General Course students; a course dealing with the morphology and classification of selected groups of the Seed Plants. 66· THE WESTERN UNIVERSITY

2 lectures and 4 laboratory hours per week: 2 credits. Prerequisite: Botany 20, Zoology 20. Text-book: Coulter. Barnes and Cowles. Text-book of Botany. Vol. [. References: Coulter • Morphology of Gymnosperms. Morphology of Angiosperms. Strasburger. Text-book of Botany. Gray. New Manual of Botany. Britton and Brown. Illustrated Flora. Jeffery. Anatomy of Woody Plants. 40. Ecology and Economic Botany for General Course students; a course dealing with the classification, ecology and economic importance of Canadian plants. Special em­ phasis is placed on the economic Fungi. 2 lectures and 4 laboratory hours per week; 2 credits. Prerequisite: Botany 30, Zoology 30. Text-books: Coulter. Barnes and Cowles. Text-book of Botany. Vol. 1. Text-book of Botany. Vol. If. References: Duggar. Fungous Diseases of Plants. Conn.• Bacteria. }·easts and Molds in the Home. Schimper. Plant Geography. Harshberger. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology.

Honour Courses 100. Introductory Botany for Honour Biology, Honour Science, and B.A., M.D. students; a course dealing with the general principles of Botany illustrated by selections from the whole plant kingdom. 2 lectures and 4 laboratory hours per week; 2 credits. Prerequisites: Full Entrance Requirements for the Honour Biology, Honour Science, or B.A., M.D. courses. Text-book: Gager. Fundamentals of Botany. References: Bergen and Davis, Principles of Botany. Kerner and Oliver. Natural History of Plants. Coulter. Barnes and Cowles. Text-book of Botany. Strasburger. Text-book of Botany. Ganong. The Living Plant. Bower. Botany of the Living Plant. Ganong, A' Text-book of Botany for Colleges. 200. Phanerogamic Botany for students in the HonQur Biology, Honour Science and B.A., M.D. courses; a course dealing with the evolution, external morphology and anatomy of the Spermatophyta. 2 lectures and 6 laboratory hours per week; 272 credits. Prerequisite: Botany 100 and Zoology 100. Text-book: Coulter. Barnes and Cowles, Text-book of Botany. Gray. New Manual of Botany. References: Coulter. Morphology of Gymnosperms. Morphology of Angiosperms. Strasburger. Text-book of Botany. Goebel. Organography of Plants. Chamberlain. The Living Cycads. Scott. Structural Botany. Stevens. Plant Anatomy. COLLEGES OF ARTS 1923-24 . 67

300. Cryptogamic Botany for students in Honour Biology, Honour Science and the B.A., M.D. courses; a course dealing with the morphology, classification and evolution of the Cryptogams. 2 lectures and 6 laboratory hours per week; 272 credits. Prerequisite: Botany 200 and Zoology 200. Text-book: Coulter. Barnes and Cowles. Text-book of Botany. Strasburger. Text-book of Botany. References: Campbell. Mosses and Ferns. Bower. Origin of a Land Flora. Tilden. Minnesota Algae-Myxophyceae. Setchel and Gardner." Algae of the Pacific Coast. Collins. Fresh Water Algae of North America. Marshall. Mosses and Lichens. 301. Ecology and Taxonomy for Honour Biology and Honour Science students; a course dealing with the principles of ecology, and the classification of the Spermatophyta. 2 lectures and 4 laboratory hours per week; 2 credits. Prerequisite: Botany 200, Zoology 200, Botany 305. Text-book: Gray. New Manual of Botany. Coulter. Barnes and Cowles. Text-book of Botany. Vol. II. References: Britton and Brown. Illustrated Flora. Bailey. Cyclopedia" of Horticulture. Engler and Prantl. Pjianzenfamilien. Warming. Oecology of Plants. Schimper. Plant Geography. Sargent. Plants and Their Uses .. Kraemer. Applied and Economic Botany. Brown, Forest Products. The,", Manufacture and II see Reports of Special Investigations. 305. Phanerogamic Collection for students in Honour Biology and Honour Science; before entering on course 301 students shall make a collection of at least one hundred Spermatophytes. Particulars on application to the head of the Department. A maximum of 2 credits will be allowed. Text-book: Gray. New Manual of Botany. References: See 301 above. 400. Historical Biology. See Zoology 400. 401. Plant Physiology for students in Honour Biology and Honour Science; a course dealing with the physiology of plants. 2 lectures and 6 laboratory hours per week; 272 credits. Prerequisite: Botany 300 or 301 and Zoology 300. Text-book: Livingston. Palladin's Plant Physiology. References: Jost. Plant Physialogy. pfeffer. Physiology of Plan/s. MacDougall. Plant Physiology. Detmer-Moor. Practical Plant Physiology. Clements. Planl Physiology and Ecology. Green. l'egetable Physiology. Seraner. A Treatise on the Physiology of Plants. Reports of Special Investigations. 68 THE WESTERN UNIVERSITY

402. Phytopathology and Mycology for Honour Biology and Honour Science students; a course dealing with plant diseases and the classification, morphology and structure of Fungi. 2 lectures and 4 laboratory hours per week; 2 credits. _Prerequisite: Botany 300, Zoology 300.

Text-book: Coulter. Barnes and Cowles, Text-book of Botany, Dugger, Fungous Diseases of Plants, References: Marshall, The Mushroom Book, Atkinson, Mushrooms and Toadstools. Harshberger, Mycology and Plant PatholollY. Smith, Bacterial Diseases of Plants. Conn, Bacteria, Yeasts and Molds. Bulletins of Departments of Agriculture. McIlvaine and Macadam, One Thousand Amn'icIJn Fun,;. Lister, M y"lo,oa. Jordan, Genn'al Bacteriology,

403, Cytology and Histology for Honour Biology stud­ ents; a course dealing with the cytology and anatomy of the Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta. 2 lectures and 4 laboratory hours per week; 2 credits.

Text-book: Strasburger, Text-book of Botany. Jeffery, Analomy of Woody Planls. References: Sliarp, An Introduction 10 Cylology. Stevens, Plant Analomy. Scott, S"uctural Bolany. Hanauseck, Microscopy of Technical Products. Winton, Microscopy of Vegetable Foods. Goebel, Organography of Plants. Haberlandt, Physiological Plant A nalomy. Reports of Special Investigations.

405. Cryptogamic Collection for students in Honour Biology and Honour Science courses; before entering on Botany 402, a student shall make a collection of at least fifty cryptogams from selected groups. Consult with the head of the Department for further particulars. A maximum of 2 credits is allowed for a superior collection. For Text-Books and References, see Botany 300 and 402.