CONTENTS 



PART I 

 THE PLANT ITSELF 



CHAPTER PAGK. 



I. The Plant as a Whole 1 



II. The Boot 7 



III. The Stem 14 



IV. Propagation by Means of Boots and Stems 19 1 



V. How the Horticulturist Propagates Plants by Means 



of Boots and Stems 24 



VI. Food Beservoirs 31 



VII. Winter Buds . 36- 



VIII. Plants and Sunlight 42 



IX. Struggle for Existence amongst the Branches 52 



X. The Forms of Plants .... 59- 



XI. How the Plant Takes in the Soil Water 64 



XII. The Making of the Living Matter 74 



XIII. Dependent Plants 85 



XIV. Leaves and Foliage 90 



XV. Morphology, or the Study of the Forms of Plant 



Members 101 



XVI. How Plants Climb 10S 



XVII. Flower-Branches 114 



XVIII. The Parts of the Flower 122 



XIX. Fertilization and Pollination 128 



XX. Particular Forms of Flowers 136 



XXI. Fruits 147 



XXII. Dispersal of Seeds 158- 



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