CONTENTS. 



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I. INTRODUCTION J^i7£-C I 



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II. THE SUNDEWS -j 



III. VENUS'S FLY-TRAP 50 



IV. SIDE-SADDLE FLOWERS 72 



V. riTCHER-PLANTS % 



. VL MINOR CARNIVORA. ...'.,. 122 



VIL GYRATION OF PLANTS 150 



VIIL HELIOTROPES, OR SUNFLOWERS . . I/O 



IX. TWINERS AND CLIMBERS .... 1 84 



X. SENSITIVE PLANTS 220 



XL SLEEP OF PLANTS 239 



XIL METEORIC FLOWERS 259 



XIH. HYGROSCOPISM 275 



XIV. DISPERSION 291 



•"^^ ' XV. MIMICRY 321 



•^ XVL GIANTS 345 



g^j XVIL TEMPERATURE 37 1 



0^ XVIIL LUMINOSITY 383 



U'J XIX. MYSTIC PLANTS 4OI 



XX. FLOWERS OF HISTORY 446 



