Synopsis The present publication is based on current and accepted botany syllabus and is specially written as a structured aid for the teaching of botany. It covers the important topics, such as, history and evolution of plants, the origin of the species, with particular reference to Charles Darwin and other world-renowned scientists, thinkers and anthropologists, the collection and preservation of plant specimens, an description of plant diseases, exhaustive chapters on the stem and the leaf, manufacture of plant food and chlorophyll, transpiration and the internal transport of water and solutes, respiration and fermentation, fruits and seeds and also a useful chapter on carnivorous plants. The publication will be of immense use to all teachers of botany.