CONTENTS 



PART I — Introductory 



THE SPRING AWAKENING page 



I. IN THE GARDEN ...... 1 



II. MANY PLANTS ....... 3 



III. WHAT THE PLANTS ARE DOING .... 6 



IV. GROWING SLOWLY 9 



PART II 



THINGS GREEN AND FAIR 

 I. A GOOD LOOK ROUND ..... 13 



II. PLANTS AND ANIMALS 15 



III. THE PARTS OF A PLANT . . . . .17 



IV. THE PARTS OF A FLOWER . . . . .21 



PART III 



A WIDE WORLD OF PLANT-LIFE 



I. NAMES AND NATURES ..... 26 



II. SUCH numbers! 29 



in. A LADDER OP LIFE 32 



IV. SOME CURIOUS DIFFERENCES .... 89 



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