CONTENTS 



PART I 

 INTRODUCTION 



Chapter Page 



I. Fundamental Notions i 



II. The Parts of a Flowering Plant 7 



III. The Cell 14 



PART II 

 THE VEGETATIVE FUNCTIONS OF PLANTS 



IV. Loss of Water 21 



V. Absorption of Water 47 



VI. The Path of Liquids in the Plant 61 



VII. Nutrition 69 



VIII. Fermentation 94 



IX. Respiration 103 



X. Growth 113 



XI. Adjustment to Surroundings 125 



PART 111 



STRUCTURE AND LIFE HISTORIES 



XII. Life History of a Fern 147 



XIII. Life History of a Fern (concluded) 168 



XIV. Fundamental Principles 179 



XV. Life History of a Moss 193 



XVI. Life History of a Liverwort 209 



Anthoceros , 212 



Other Forms 222 



XVII. Life Histories of Algae 227 



Ascophyllum 227 



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