CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



INTRODUCTION 



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The Utility of Cross-Fertilisation 12 



CHAPTER II 



PISTILLATE FLOWERS AND STAMINATE FLOWERS 



Dioecious Flowers 16 



Asparagus 16 



Devil's Bit, or Blazing Sun 17 



Jack-in-the-pulpit 18 



Virgin's Bower 24 



Tall Meadow-rue 25 



Goafs-beard 26 



Eel Grass; Tape Grass 26 



Monoecious Flowers 28 



The Gourd Family 28 



Wild Balsam-apple 29 



Arrowhead 30 



CHAPTER III 



PERFECT FLOWERS 



Windflower; Wood-anemone 34 



White Water-lily 35 



Common St.-John's-wort 35 



Marsh St.-John's-wort 35 



Common Mallow 35 



Hardback; Steeple-bush 36 



