CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 10 



PREFACE 13 



CHAPTER 1 17 



Some Plants that lead Easy Lives. 

 CHAPTER II 25 



How Some Plants begin Life : Seedlings. 

 CHAPTER III 39 



Plants that know how to meet Hard Times : Autumn Plants. 

 CHAPTER IV 51 



Some Plants that do not make their own Living : Fungi. 

 CHAPTER V 61 



After the Rains : Winter Plants. 

 CHAPTER VI 72 



Ferns and their Relatives. 

 CHAPTER VII 85 



Some Early Flowers. 

 CHAPTER VIII 100 



The Awakening of the Trees. 

 CHAPTER IX no 



Some Spring Flowers. 

 CHAPTER X 126 



Plants with Mechanical Genius : Lupine, Alfalfa and Fil- 



aree. 

 CHAPTER XI 138 



Plants of High Rank : Bilabiate Flowers. 

 CHAPTER XII 151 



Social Flowers : Composite. 

 CHAPTER XIII 160 



Plant Families : Part I. Endogens or Monocotyledons. 

 CHAPTER XIV . 172 



Plant Families : Part II. Exogens or Dicotyledons. 

 CHAPTER XV 183 



Some Summer Flowers. 

 CHAPTER XVI 200 



Weeds. 



Errata 212 



Books of Reference 213 



Pronunciation of Botanical Names 215 



