CONTENTS 



Section 18. Reproduction 



Section 19. Flowers . 



Section 20. Fruits 



Section 21. Seeds 



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CHAPTER TWO: THE PLANT 

 A GENERAL INTERNAL VIEW 



Section 22. The inside of plants .... 



Section 23. Cells and protoplasm .... 



Section 24. Tissues 



Section 25. From root to leaf . . . 



Section 26. Inside the leaf 



Section 27. The working together of the whole machine 



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CHAPTER THREE: NOT 

 ALTOGETHER ABOUT PLANTS 



A break in the story .... 

 Solution . . . . 



Molecules 



States of matter 



Elements and compounds 

 Atoms . . . .-. 

 Compounds and mixtures 

 34^4- Soil 



A. Origin and kinds of soil 



B. Soil and food 



C. Fertilizers and cultivation 



35. Osmosis 



36. Causes of continued entrance 



37. Forms of energy 



38. Evaporation 



39. Physics and chemistry and life 



Life a procession of changes 



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CHAPTER FOUR: ROOTS 



Section 40. Topics 



Section 41. Introductory as to roots 



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