TABLE OF CONTEXTS 



FIRST PART 

 PHYSIOLOGY OF NUTRITION 



FIRST SECTION 



THE POOD OF PLANTS 



I. Assimilation 



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1. Proof of the fact that Green Plants are able to produce Organic Sub- 

 stance from Inorganic Material 1 



*. The Production of Organic Substance in Green Plant Cells under the 



Influence of Light 9 



3. The Organs of Assimilation 9 



4. Transparency of Plant Tissues 14 



5. Chlorophyll Bodies 16 



6. Chlorophyll 30 



7. The Abac^twn Spectrum and iheFloreseeiM of Chlorophyll . . 23 



8. The Decomposition of Chlorophyll 27 



9. The Autumnal Colouring of 1^ ve aid the Wmter Cokwring of per 



sist^t Plant Structures 99 



10. Formation of Chlorophrll 31 



11. T)^ Prodnctionof Oiy^in AssimiUtion 35 



IS. Carbon Dioxide and A^fanUatioB 39 



13. Volumetric Relations of the Gas Exehao^ ra Assimilation . . . 41 



14. Macroscopic*! and Microscopical Detection of Starch in th* Organ* of 



13. The Products of Assimilation 4 



15. The Dependence of Starch Formation in Assimilation on External 



Conditions 50 



17. TheStooiataauadA^imUation 56 



