CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. Present-day Botany a Contrast .... 1 



II. The Beach and Rocks . . ... 12 



III. The Bracken Fern 29 



IV. The Flower and Metamorphosis .... 49 



V. Pollination and Fertilisation 68 



VI. Fixity of Position as a Factor in the Evolution of 



Plants 81 



VII. Plant Population 102 



VIII. Sand Dunes . . * 122 



IX. Golf Links . .145 



X. General Outlook on the Flora of the Land . .154 

 Index and Glossary 164 



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