CONTENTS 



PART I 



THE PLANT ITSELF 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. The Plant as a Whole . 1 



II. The Root ..... - . . . . -i . -.. . 7 



III. TheStem. . , M .-,-;.. .-=. . . . . 13 



IV. Propagation by. Means of Roots and Stems .-; . 18 

 V. How the Horticulturist Propagates Plants by Means 



of Roots and Stems . : ;* -. . , ' r > . 23 



VI. Food Reservoirs . . . . . . ... . . 31 



VII. Winter Buds .,.<,. ...... 1 . . 36 



VIII. Plants and Sunlight . . . . .... . . 42 



IX. Struggle for Existence amongst the Branches . . 52 



X. Pruning 59 



XI. The Forms of Plants ......... 64 



XII. Water and Mineral Nutrients. Root Action . . 69 



XIII. Water and Mineral Nutrients. Action above the 



Roots . . ... . ... -.." . . 75 



XIV. Food Elaboration, and Respiration ..... 82 

 XV. Dependent Plants . . . . . . . . . 90 



XVI. Leaves and Foliage 95 



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



Members ? . . . . ... . . . 105 



XVIII. How Plants Climb ...'... . * ," . 112 



XIX. Flower-Branches 118 



XX. The Parts of the Flower . . .... . . 127 



XXI. Fertilization and Pollination '. 133 



XXII. Particular Forms of Flowers . . . . . . . 143 



XXIII. Fruits . 155 



