CONTENTS. 



PAttB. 



INTRODUCTION 1 



CHAPTER, I. Examination of a Buttercup *& 



CHAPTER II. Functions of the Organs of the Flower 11 



CHAPTER III. Examination of Hepatica and Marsh-Mari- 

 gold Resemblances between their Flowers and that 

 of Buttercup 14 



CHAPTER IV. Examination of other Common Plants with 

 Hypogynous Stamens Shepherd's Purse Round- 

 leaved Mallow '. 22 



CHAPTER V. Examination of Common Plants with Perigy- 



nous Stamens Garden Pea Great Willow-herb 29 



CHAPTER VI. Examination of Common Rosaceous Plants 

 Sweet Brier Strawberry Cherry Crab- Apple 

 Raspberry 35 



CHAPTER VII. Examination of a Plant with Epigynous 



Stamens Water-Parsnip 41 



CHAPTER VIII. Examination of Common Plants with Epi- 



petalous Stamens Dandelion Catnip 43 



CHAPTER IX. Examination of Plants with Monoecious 



Flowers Cucumber Oak 48 



CHAPTER X. Examination of Plants with Dioecious Flowers 



Willow Maple 54 



CHAPTER XI. Characteristics possessed in common by all 

 the Plants previously examined Structure of the 

 Seed in Dicotyledons 59 



CHAPTER XII. Examination of Common Plants continued 



Dog's-Tooth Violet Trillium Iris Orchis 61 



