CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



PAGE 



Examination of a Buttercup 2 



CHAPTER II. 

 Functions of the Organs of the Flower 11 



CHAPTER III. 



Examination of Hepatica and Marsh-Marigold — Resemblances 



between their flowers and that of Buttercup 13 



CHAPTER IV. 



Examination of other common plants with hvpogynous 



stamens — Shepherd's Pursue — IJouud-leaved Mallow.... '21 



CHAPTER V. 



E^^arr.ination of common plants with perigynous stamens — 

 Garden Pea — Great Willow-herb— Sweet- Brier— Crab- 

 Apple 26 



CHAPTER VI. 



Examination of a plant with epigynous stamens — Water- 



Paisuip 35 



CHAPTER VII. 



Examination of common plants witli epipetalous stamens — 



Dandelion — Catnip 36 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Examination of plants with Monoecious and Dioecious 



flowers — Cucumber — Willow -10 



CHAPTER IX. 



Characterist-'cs possessed in common by all the plants 

 previously examined — Structure of the seed in Dicoty- 

 ledons -to 



CHAPTER X. 



Examination of common plants continued — Dog's-tooth 

 Violet — Trillium — Indian Turnip — Calla — Orchis — 

 Timothy 47 



