TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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PREFACE - - vii 



INTRODUCTION V - - - - xxv 



PART I 



ELECTRICAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION 

 IN PLANT LIFE: 



GENERAL 3 



DO VEGETABLES AND FRUITS POSSESS CAPACITY ? 17 



SOME SEEDS IN THEIR ELECTRICAL ASPECT - 22 



THE ELECTRODES AND ELECTROLYSIS - - 35 



PRIMARY OR SECONDARY CELLS ? - 36 



WATER IN ITS RELATION TO PLANT LIFE - 38 

 THE EFFECT OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION 



UPON GROWTH - 39 



THE EMPLOYMENT OF ELECTRICITY IN AGRI- 

 CULTURE - 42 

 NOTE FOR GUIDANCE IN TESTING - 44 



PART II 

 STUDIES IN ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGY: 



REVIEW OF ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH 49 



CAUSES WHICH HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO ERROR 54 



THE NATURE OF THE NERVE IMPULSE - - 73 



INDUCTIVE CAPACITY - -^ 91 



CELL REPRODUCTION - - 108 



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