The Principles of Descriptive and Physiological Botany [Paperback]

A botany text by Charles Darwin's mentor, an inspirational professor who investigated the nature and stability of 'species'.J. S. Henslow, Charles Darwins mentor, was professor of botany at Cambridge. He was an inspirational and innovative teacher who nurtured independent inquiry and acute observation in his students. This liberally illustrated 1835 text on the nature and stability of species reflects the influence of Candolle, and in turn influenced Darwin.J. S. Henslow, Charles Darwins mentor, was professor of botany at Cambridge. He was an inspirational and innovative teacher who nurtured independent inquiry and acute observation in his students. This liberally illustrated 1835 text on the nature and stability of species reflects the influence of Candolle, and in turn influenced Darwin.Henslow's importance as Darwin's mentor is well established. He recommended Darwin for the post of naturalist on the Beagle and also encouraged him to read Lyell's pivotal geology text (also reissued in this series). While professor of botany at Cambridge, Henslow nurtured independent inquiry and acute observation in his students. These attributes are evident in this liberally illustrated 1835 book, which also reveals the influence of Candolle's Th?orie El?mentaire de la Botanique (1813) and Physiologie V?g?tale (1832). Henslow's book, like his meticulous research papers and his innovative lectures, included focussed investigations on the nature and stability of 'species'. Charles Darwin paid such close attention that he became known as 'the man who walks with Henslow', and Henslow's teachings were to echo through Darwin's writings, from his jottings in notebooks on the Beagle onward. This reissue gives modern readers easy access to the work of this inspirational scientist.Introduction; Part I. Descriptive botany; Section I. Organography and glossology; 1. Elementary organs and tissues; 2. Nutritive organs; 3. Nutritive organs (continued); 4. Reproductive organs; 5. Reproductl£Y