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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 50

1.	Give an account of the structure and mode of life of the chief forms of Bacteria.
2.	Describe a hypha of Penicillium and compare it with a filament of Spirojyra. Also describe and compare the process of spore-forma-tion in the same plants.
3.	Give an account of the process of fertilization, and of the development of the oospore (fertilized egg-cell) in a moss, a fern, a pine, and an angiosperm.
4.	What are the most important differences between anemophilous and entomophilous flowers?
5.	Describe fully the microscopic structure of a leaf, stating the functions of the various parts.
6.	In ordinary language many Fucoids (Melanophyceœ) are spoken of as possessing root, stem, and leaves: how do these structures differ from those properly so called?
7.	Under ordinary circumstances plants live upon carbonic dioxide (carbonic acid) and a watery solution of mineral salts. Mention as many important exceptions to this rule as you can remember, describing in each case the character of the food.
8.	Describe in detail the inflorescence of any member of the Compositœ yoa have examined: draw the floral diagram, and write Down the floral formula.