CONTENTS 



MATERIAL, APPARATUS, AND SUPPLIES 



Lists of Preparations for the Microscope .... 



Suggestions on Material for the Study of Plant Histology 



Apparatus for the Laboratory 



Chemicals for the Laboratory 



Dealers in Material, Apparatus, and Supplies 



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BIBLIOGRAPHY 227 



APPENDIX 2^^ 



GLOSSARY 2^^ 



INDEX 2^^ 



LIST OF EXPERIMENTS 



I. Temperature and germination 

 II. Amount of water in seeds 



III. Relation of air to germination 



IV. Effect of germination on air . 

 V. Use of the pea cotyledons after germination 



VI. Relation of food in seed to rate of growth 

 VII. Occurrence of starch in seeds 

 VIII. Oil in flaxseed . . • • • 



IX. Proteids in seeds 



X. Plant foods in Brazil nuts 

 XI. Cause of arch of hypocotyl . 

 XII. Discrimination between root and hypocotyl 



XIII. Growing region of root .... 



XIV. Percentage of water in the plant body . 

 XV. Water cultures 



XVI. Root absorption with diminished temperature 

 XVII. Region of bending in the root 

 XVIII. Pressure of root tip .... 



XIX. Cause of downward growth of root 



XX. Osmosis 



XXI. Osmosis of Begonia leaf .... 

 XXII. Course of water in stems 



XXIII. Relation of loss of water to firmness of tissues 



XXIV. Use of cork 



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