Slide sets must be reserved in advance, and circulate on two-week loan. A $3 non-refundable circulation fee is required to borrow a slide set. To reserve a slide set, please call (314) 577-9501.

The following titles are available:

African Plants

Algae Set (Carolina Biological Supply Co., 1983; slides and script)

Angiosperm Leaf Set (Carolina Biological Supply Co., 1979; 19 slides and script)

Angiosperm Root Set (Carolina Biological Supply Co., 1982; 8 slides and script)

Angiosperm Stem Set (Carolina Biological Supply Co., 1979; 13 slides and script)

Animals of Eastern Africa (J.L.M. Visuals; 50 slides)

Azaleas

Bacteria Set (Carolina Biological Supply, Co., 1980; 10 slides)

Botanical Illustrations

Bulbs

Camellias

Carniverous Plants

Composites

Deserts of North America (MBG; 40 slides and script)  Visit four major deserts of North America including the Sonoran Desert, the Mohave Desert, the Chihuahuan Desert, and the Great Basin Desert.  The Painted Desert is visited briefly.

Ecology of the Prairie Set (Carolina Biological Supply Co., 1982; 20 slides and script)

Economic Plants (J.L.M. Visuals; 65 slides and script)

Ecosystems

Energy Flow Through the Biosphere (Science Software Systems, 1977; 10 slides and script)  Energy, the omnipresent parameter of the universe is tracked as it is transformed and transferred through the biosphere.

Environment and the Population (50 slides and script)

Flower Structure and Function (Science Software Systems, 1977; 17 slides and script)  The development, structure, and function of flowers is surveyed.

Food Chains in the Biosphere (Hawkhill Associates, 1980; 17 slides and filmstrip cassette with script)

Food Plants (MBG; 40 slides and script)  Where does the food you eat come from?  Suppose you were suddenly faced with having to gather food from nature?  Would you know what plants were good to eat?

Fruit and Seed Structure and Function (Science Software Systems, 1977; 19 slides and script) The development of seeds and fruits from the matured ovaries of flowering plants is surveyed.

Fungi Set (Carolina Biological Supply Co., 1979; 20 slides and script)

Global Trends in Environment and Development (Wold Resources Institute, 1994; 50 slides and script)

The Grassland (Biology Media, 1981; 78 slides, script, and cassette)

Growing Concerns:  Saving the Diversity of Plant Species (Botanic Gardens Conservation International; 60 slides and script)

Herbs and Herbals of Colonial Days (MBG; 20 slides and script)  The Herb Garden at the Missouri Botanical Garden is the focus of this survey of herbs and the significance of their usage.

Houseplants

Irises

Lichen

The Life of a Dead Tree

Lilies

Man and his Food Plants (MBG; 40 slides and script)  The history of man and the earth he inhabits could not have been written unless there had been green plants available to provide him with food, medicine, fiber, and building materials.

Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG; 40 slides)

Missouri Wildflowers—Fall (MBG; 66 slides and script)

Missouri Wildflowers—Spring (MBG; 71 slides and script)

Missouri Wildflowers—Summer (MBG; 80 slides and script)

Missouri Wildflowers and Trees (MBG; 40 slides and script)

Mitosis and Meiosis Set:  Part 1 and 2 (Carolina Biological Supply Co., 1981; 54 slides and scripts)

Mosses, Ferns, and Fern Allies

The Nitrogen Cycle (Science Software Systems, 1977; 10 slides and script)  The cycle by which nitrogen is circulated through the biosphere is illustrated.

Orchids (MBG, 37 slides)

Peonies

Plant Anatomy Set (Carolina Biological Supply Co., 1987; 20 slides and script)

Plant Diversity

Plant Problems

Poisonous Plants (J.L.M. Visuals; 20 slides and script)

Poisonous Plants (MBG; 35 slides and script)

Pond Food Web Set (Carolina Biological Supply Co., 1982; 20 slides and script)

Pond Succession (Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Inc.; 62 slides and script)

Prairie/Grasslands

Protozoa Set (Carolina Biological Supply Co., 1980; 20 slides and script)

Roses

Seeds

Seiwa-en, The Japanese Garden (MBG; 40 slides and script)

Supermarket Botany (Carolina Biological Supply Co., 1981; 54 slides, script, and cassette)

Symbiosis Set (Carolina Biological Supply Co., 1980; 20 slides and script)

A Touch of Japan

Tropical Rain Forests (MBG; 77 slides and script)

Tropical Rain Forest:  A Vanishing Treasure (MBG; 77 slides and script)

Tulips

Vegetation of the Tropics:  The Principal Plant Communities (Ward’s Natural Science Establishment, Inc.; 77 slides and script)

Water Lilies at the Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG; 74 slides)

Water Plants (Educational Images, 1970; 20 slides and script)

Wetlands

Wildflowers

Wild Flowers of the Mid-Atlantic Shore Set (Carolina Biological Supply Co., 1981; 20 slides and script)