Contents 
X. PEAS AND CLOVER 
Plants rich in Nitrogen—How they obtain it—Nitrify- 
ing Bacteria— Meadow Vetchling—Structure of Pea-Flowers 
adapted to the Comfort of the Bee—Pea-pods—Illicit 
Honey-drinkers—Yellow Vetchling—Grass Vetch—Narrow- 
leaved Everlasting Pea—Intelligent Bees—Bitter Vetch— 
Wood Vetch — Sain-foin — Horse-shoe Vetch — Bird’s-foot 
Trefoil—Bird’s Foot—Kidney Vetch—Rest Harrow—Dyer’s 
Greenweed—Furze— Broom : Strange Behaviour of its Pistil 
—Lucerne—Melilot—Clovers—Cats, Mice, Bees, and Clover 
—Subterranean Trefoil—How it buries its Pods 
XI. SUNDEWS 
Round-leaved Sundew —A Carnivorous Plant— Fine 
Sense of the Leaves—Darwin’s Experiments—Long-leaved 
Sundews 
XII. THE PARSLEY AND CARROT FAMILY 
Cow-Parsnip—Umbel-bearers—Vegetable Scent-Bottles 
—Marsh Pennywort — Hare’s-ear — Sea-Holly — Sanicle— 
Poisonous Umbellifers—Parsley—Its Native Place unknown 
—Parsnip and Carrot evolved by Cultivation—U mbellifers 
chiefly fertilised by Flies and Beetles 
XIII. WOODRUFF AND GOOSEGRASS 
Field Madder—Woodruff: how its Seeds are dispersed— 
Madder: its Fruits sought by Birds—Bedstraws—Cross- 
wort—Hedge-Bedstraw— Field Bedstraw’s Climbing- Hooks: 
its Seeds distributed with the Grain—Goose-Grass: its 
Hook-covered Stems and Fruits 
XIV. DAISIES AND THISTLES 
Composite Flowers the most numerous and most widely 
distributed — How they originated — Altruism among 
Flowers— Guelder-Rose— Honeysuckle—Hemp Agrimony 
—Structure of the Florets — How fertilised —- Daisy — 
Advanced Co-operative Idea—The Daisy’s Advertising 
Department— Hints as to Evolution—Flea-banes—Chamo- 
miles—Chrysanthemums— Pollen Brushes— Yarrow and 
Sneezewort—Leasons for Bitterness in Plants—Tansy— 
Wormwood — Coltsfoot — Butterbur —Seed Parachutes — 
Ragworts—Groundsel—Feetid Odour—Burdock—Hooked 
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