CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. INTRODUCTORY 



II. FRUITS AND SEEDS 10 



III. LEAF CASTING .... 24 



IV. THE GROWTH OF SEEDS 29 



V. WINTER BUDS AND TREE FORMS . . 36 



VI. TREE PLANTING AND TREE FELLING . . 43 



VII. EVERGREENS 58 



VIII. How A TREE LIVES ... .66 



IX. THE ROOT .... 75 



X. THE TRUNK ... 81 



XI. CATKINS 87 



XII. THORNY AND CLIMBING PLANTS ... 93 



XIII. LEAF BUDS 99 



XIV. THE LEAF 104 



XV. THE FLOWER 128 



APPENDIXES 150 



INDEX 159 



