CONTENTS 



PART I 

 The Plant Itself 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. The Plant as a Whole 1 



II. The Root 7 



III. The Stem 13 



IV. Propagation by Means of Roots and Stems ... 18 

 V. How the Horticulturist Propagates Plants by Means 



of Roots and Stems 23 



VI. Food Reservoirs 31 



VII. Winter Buds 36 



VIII. Plants and Sunlight 42 



IX. Struggle for Existence amongst the Branches . . 52 



X. Pruning 59 



XI. The Forms of Plants G4 



XII. Water and Mineral Nutrients. — Root Action . . 69 



XIII. Water and Mineral Nutrients. — Action above the 



Roots 75 



XIV. Food Elaboration, and Respiration 82 



XV. Dependent Plants 90 



XVI. Leaves and Foliage 95 



XVII. Morphology, or the Study of the Forms of Plant 



Members 105 



XVIII. How Plants Climb 112 



XIX. Flower-Branches 118 



XX. The Parts of the Flower 127 



XXI. Fertilization and Pollination 133 



XXII. Particular Forms of FlowerB 143 



XXIII. Fruits .155 



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