TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PART ONE 



THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANTS 1 



The Importance of Plants, William J. Robbins 2 



Plants and Civilizations, Elmer Drew Merrill 8 



The Role of Botany in a Liberal Education, 



Harry J. Fuller 13 



PART TWO 



THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOTANY 17 



Development of Botany in the United States, 



John M. Coulter 18 



PART THREE 



ECOLOGY 



23 



The Growth of a Science, Francis Ramaley 24 



The Nature and Role of Plant Succession, Frederic E. 



Clements 3q 



Parasitism in Flowering Plants, F. O. Bower 35 



Pollination of Orchids through Pseudocopulation, 



Cakes Ames 39 



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