TABLE OF CONTENTS XXIX 



CHAPTER VIII 



Fermentation and Respiration 



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i. General discussion 201 



2. Alcoholic fermentation 204 



3. Other kinds of fermentation 212 



4. Plant respiration 213 



5. Apparatus for measuring plant respiration 218 



6. Formation of water during respiration 2 20 



7. Liberation of heat during respiration ..221 



8. Anaerobic, or intramolecular, respiration 223 



9. Respiration chromogens 225 



10. Respiratory enzymes 22 ° 



n. Materials consumed in respiration 2 3° 



12. Special cases of respiration in lower plants ^33 



13. Circulation of energy in nature 2 35 



Summary 2 35 



PART II— PHYSIOLOGY OF GROWTH AND CONFIGURATION 



CHAPTER I 



General Discussion of Growth 



1 . Anatomical relations of cell growth 2 43 



2. Conditions favorable to growth 2 44 



3. Apparatus for the study of growth 2 47 



Summary 2 4° 



CHAPTER II 



Growth Phenomena That are Controlled by Internal Conditions 



1. The grand period of growth 249 



2. Growth of root, stem and leaf 249 



3. Tissue strains 2 53 



Summary 2 53 



CHAPTER III 

 Influence of External Conditions on Growth and Configuration 



1. Dependence of growth and configuration upon temperature 255 



2. Dependence of growth and configuration upon the oxygen content of the surroundings 260 



3. Influence of other gases on growth and configuration 262 



4. Influence of moisture on growth and configuration 265 



5. Dependence of growth and configuration upon light 276 



6. Influence of gravitation on growth and configuration 294 



7. Influence of nutrition on growth and configuration 3 01 



8. Influence of wounding, traction and pressure on growth and configuration 302 



Summary 3°7 



