CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Introductory 1 



The Leading Subdivisions of the Vegetable 



Kingdom 4 



Fungi 6 



Algae — Sea-Weeds 15 



Lichens 19 



Mosses 21 



Ferns 23 



SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING FEATURES 

 OF FLOWERING PLANTS. 



The Flower 29 



The Stem 36 



The Classification of Flowering Plants . • 41 



The Rose Family 54 



The Composite Family 60 



A Peep at the Inside 68 



The Sexes of Plants 77 



Cross-Fertilization 81 



Hidden Flowers 94 



The Arrangement of Leaves 98 



The Compass-Plant 104 



How Some Plants get up in the World . . 106 



Carnivorous Plants 118 



The Smallest of Flowering Plants . . . 130 



Witch-Hazel 133 



A Thistle Head 136 



