## PROSPECTUS
OF A

### COURSE OF LECTURES

### On BOTANY and RURAL ECONOMY;

COMPRISING

A PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION OF THE LINNEAN SYSTEM, AND AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PROPERTIES AND UTILITY OF ALL PLANTS THAT ARE CULTIVATED IN THIS CLIMATE;

Adapted to improve the Produce of the Soil, and increase the Means of Employing the Industrious Classes of Society;

By W. SALISBURY,

AUTHOR OF THE BOTANIST'S COMPANION, &c.,

### A GRATUITOUS INTRODUCTORY LECTURE

WILL BE DELIVERED

### At the Imperial Pump Room,

On TUESDAY the 12th of JUNE, 1832, if the Weather be FINE; otherwise, the First Fine Day, at One o'clock;

And to be continued every succeeding THURSDAY, SATURDAY, and TUESDAY, till completed.

### TERMS:

FOR THE COURSE ... ONE GUINEA.

MINORS, ... HALF PRICE.

TICKETS FOR A SINGLE LECTURE ... THREE SHILLINGS and SIXPENCE.

On each alternate Day DEMONSTRATIVE and MICROSCOPIC EXHIBITIONS of the more interesting Parts of Vegetable Organization will be made by the Lecturer, in which Mr. COMFIELD has generously offered his Assistance with necessary Instruments, to display this Portion of Scientific Research—at Twelve o'Clock each Day.

Admission to the Demonstrations, ONE SHILLING.

### SYLLABUS.

#### Lecture 1.

STRUCTURE OF FLOWERS.—Exemplification of the various Forms of the Calyx, Corolla, Petalina, Pistil, Negetium, Receptacle, Inflorescence, Whorl, Spike, Racemus, Panicle, Sipular, Thyrus, Umbel, Cyma, Corymus, Capitulum, &c. exemplified.

#### Lecture 2.

THE LINNEAN CLASSIFICATION defined from Monandria to Cryptogamia, by the Exhibition of recent Specimens; with an Explanation of the Orders, or Second Division.

#### Lecture 3.

THE GENERIC DISTINCTIONS of FLOWERS illustrated by the Comparison of various Plants in each Class, to enable the Student to consult Botanical Authors.

THE SPECIFIC DISTINCTION of PLANTS shewn by the different Construction of Trunk or Stem, Branches, Leaves, Supports, Peduncles, Spines, &c.

#### Lecture 4.

THE MEDULLA, Lignum, Albumum, Cortex, and Liber examined, their several Uses in the Natural Economy of the Plants shewn.

#### Lecture 5.

THE PRACTICE of DECORTICATION, i. e. a means of accelerating the Ripening of Fruits, Instructions for Grafting, Budding and Layering any Kinds of Trees, &c.

#### Lecture 6.

VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY.

THE GENERAL SYSTEM of VEGETATION EXPLAINED—Construction of Seeds; the Cotyledons; Radicle and Pimpla explained; the formation of the young Plant. Its external Form considered; its internal Construction exemplified.

#### Lecture 7.

A PRACTICAL ELUCIDATION of the ART of PRODUCING MUSHROOMS, as is done by the Peasantry in Russia, and which may be accomplished with facility in any dry Cellar, or Vault, in this Country. The art of Pruning Filbert Trees, as now practised with such great success, by the growers of those Nuts for the London Markets.

#### Lecture 8.

EFFECT OF HEAT, Light, and Moisture on Plants. The Transmission of Fluids; Secretions of Gum, Tannin, Sugar, &c.

THE CLOSE CONNECTION of the ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, and MINERAL KINGDOMS, ILLUSTRATED—The Elementary Particles of Nature described—The regular mutation of all Material Substances examined, with reference to the Restructive or Redundant Principle; hence the Formation, Fertility, and Sterility of different Soils.

DEMONSTRATIONS are also intended to be made to illustrate a Means for forming SELF-SUPPORTING SCHOOLS of INDUSTRY, calculated to EMPLOY and INSTRUCT the elder CHILDREN of the POOR, in the Practice of GARDENING and other RURAL ARTS, so that COTTAGERS may hereafter Cultivate Allotments of LAND, by the Assistance of their FAMILIES, with increased Advantage.

"There is an Interval of Time after a poor Boy has been taught to Read, till his Parents can provide him regular Employment; during which, he too frequently forms vicious Associations, tending to deteriorate the good Effect of early Education. If, in that Interim, he be taught to use the Spade, the Hoe, and Dibble, his Labour will be made worth from Fourpence to Sixpence per Day, and more, if his Parents are possessed of a good Garden: and thus, without Hindrance to his Religious Duties, or future Progress in Book Learning! he becomes better qualified as a Servant, or other useful Member of Society."—Mr. Salisbury's Prize Essay, Board of Agriculture.

As the Weather may prove propitious, Mr. SALISBURY will make occasional Botanical Excursions in the Neighbourhood with his CLASS, to collect the WILD PLANTS in BLOOM, and instruct them in forming a Hortus sterius.

CUNNINGHAM and Co. Chronicle Office, Pittville Street, Cheltenham.