CONTENTS. 



SECT. PAGE 



I. INTRODUCTORY i 



II. GENERAL CHARACTERS OF FLOWERING 



PLANTS 8 



III. THE TISSUES OF PLANTS ic 



IV. THE GROWTH OF CELL-TISSUE, AND NATURE 



OF THE CELL 13 



V. THE FOOD OF PLANTS 20 



VI. THE GROWING SEED 23 



VII. THE ROOT 28 



VIII. THE STEM 33 



IX. THE BUDS AND BRANCHES 38 



X. THE LEAVES 40 



XI. THE INFLORESCENCE 45 



XII. THE FLOWER 47 



XIII. THE CALYX 62 



XIV. THE COROLLA 63 



XV. THE DISK 66 



XVI. ^ESTIVATION 67 



XVII. THE STAMEN 68 



XVIII. THE PISTIL 72 



XIX. THE OVULE 74 



XX. FERTILIZATION 76 



XXI. THE FRUIT 80 



XXII. THE SEED 89 



XXIII. SURFACE COVERINGS AND APPENDAGES . . 93 



XXIV. GYMNOSPERMOUS PLANTS 95 



XXV. CLASSIFICATION . 97 



XXVI. PHYSIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS 102 



XXVII. A SCHOOL-GARDEN OF FLOWERING PLANTS 107 

 XXVIII SCHEDULES FOR EXERCISES ON LEAVES 



AND FLOWERS in 



INDEX 114 



