CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. INTRODUCTORY 9 



II. How PLANTS BEGAN TO BE . . . .14 



III. How PLANTS CAME TO DIFFER FROM ONE 



ANOTHER 25 



IV. How PLANTS EAT 33 



V. How PLANTS DRINK 53 



VI. How PLANTS MARRY 73 



VII. VARIOUS MARRIAGE CUSTOMS .... 86 

 VIII. MORE MARRIAGE CUSTOMS 105 



IX. THE WIND AS CARRIER 124 



X. How FLOWERS CLUB TOGETHER . . .135 



XI. WHAT PLANTS DO FOR THEIR YOUNG . . 149 



XII. THE STEM AND BRANCHES 161 



XIII. SOME PLANT BIOGRAPHIES . . . .182 



XIV. THE PAST HISTORY OF PLANTS . . . 203 



