CONTENTS 



PAGE 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS vii 



To THE TEACHER xi 



INTRODUCTION i 



CHAPTER 



I. PLANTS 3 



II. THE SEED .n 



III. THE Son .16 



IV. THE FOOD OF PLANTS . 24 



V. PLANTS AND LIGHT ........ 32 



VI. PLANTS AND WATER 35 



VII. CLIMATE AND AGRICULTURE 46 



VIII. THE LIVING ENEMIES OF CROPS 53 



IX. THE GARDEN 61 



X. STARCH PLANTS 82 



XI. MAI/E 90 



XII. RICE 103 



XIII. SI-GAK-CANE .... 112 



XIV. THE COCONUT . . .122 



XV. FIUER PLANTS . '33 



XVI. TOBACCO .... . .150 



XVII. COFFEE . . .... . . . 160 



XVIII. CACAO . i6S 



XIX. FRUITS .... . . 173 



GLOSSARY ... 187 



INDEX ... .190 



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