x LIST OF PLATES 



FACING PAGE 



VENUS FLY-TRAP, OPEN 112 



LITTLE FERN SENDING DOWN ROOT ON OUTSIDE OF POT 



TO WATER . . . . . . . .114 



BOUGAINVILLEA, AN INTERESTING PLANT WITH LILAC- 

 COLOURED BRACTS ROUND INSIGNIFICANT FLOWERS . 114 



IN THE PEONY THE LEAF-ORIGIN OF THE CALYX is CLEARLY 



SEEN . . . . . . . . .116 



LEAF-LIKE SEPALS OF TULIP . . . . . .118 



THE SNOWFLAKE SHOWING GREEN TIPS ON FLOWERS . 120 

 CURIOUS BEGONIA BLOOM 122 



THE RELATION BETWEEN THE PETALS AND THE STAMENS 



OF THE WATER LILY is HERE WELL SHOWN . . 124 



