CONTENTS 



General Introduction 



PART I. PLANT BIOLOGY 



CHAPTER 



I. No Two Plants or Parts are Alike 



II. The Struggle to Live 



III. Survival of the Fit 



IV. Plant Societies 

 V. The Plant Body 



JVL- Seeds and Germination 



VII. The Root— The Forms of Roots 



VIII. The Root — Function and Structure 



IX. The Stem — Kinds and Forms — Pruning 



X< The Stem — Its General Structure 



XI. Leaves — Form and Position . 



X-H>. Leaves — Structure and Anatomy 



XHJ. Leaves — Function or Work 



_X-fv v . Dependent Plants . 



XV. Winter and Dormant Buds 



XVI. Bud Propagation 



XVII. How Plants Climb . 



XVIII. The Flower — Its Parts and Forms 



XIX. The Flower — Fertilization and Pollination 



,2Q£«. Flower-clusters 



XXI. Fruits .... 



XXII. Dispersal of Seeds . 



XXM. Phenogams and Cryptogams 

 XXLVr" Studies in Cryptogams 



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