Biology.

Lecturer—T. Kirk.

Morphological Botany.—The external form of plants-The development of organs—Structure and life history of the chief orders of Cryptogams, more especially of parasitic fungi—Special morpholotry of those orders of Phœnogams comprising the plants cultivated on the farm—Special modifications to effect fertilization, &c., &c.—External characters of the seeds of agricultural plants.

Physiological Botany.—Nature and formation of the cell—Modes otincrease—Combinations of cells—Modifications—Functions of organs—Food of plants—Absorption—Diffusion of fluids in plants—Movements of plants—Evolution of heat in plants—Germination—Diseases of plants, and proposed remedies—variation—Origin of Species—Influence of external agents on plants-Distribution ot again cultural plants.

Entomology.—The chief orders of insects—Detailed structure and life history of insects—Injurious effects of certain species—Causes of their sudden increase—Proposed remedies.