14 CONTENTS. 



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CHAP. XVI. THE STRUCTURE OF STEMS 212 



Ex. 66. Structure of Dicotyledonous Stems. First Year's 



Growth 212 



67. Structure of a Woody Bundle 215 



68. The First Year's Growth ( Continued) 217 



69. Second Year's Growth of Dicotyledonous Stems. . 221 



70. Stalk of Monocotyledons 227 



CHAP. XVII. THE ROOT 233 



Ex. 71. True Roots and Adventitious Roots 233 



72. The Minute Structure of Roots 235 



73. Duration of Roots 238 



CHAP. XVIII. THE LEAF 239 



Ex. 74. The Minute Structure of Leaves 239 



CHAP. XIX. THE PLANT IN ACTION 246 



Ex. 75. Absorption of Food by Plants 246 



76. Evaporation and Digestion 249 



77. The Circulation of Plants 253 



78. The Reproduction of Plants 255 



79. The Movements of Plants 258 



CHAP. XX. COLLECTING AND PRESERVING PLANTS. 268 



Ex. 80. How to gather, press, and mount Plants 268 



81. Labelling and arranging Plants 272 



AN EXPLANATION OF THE ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE BOTANI- 

 CAL CHARTS 275 



GLOSSARY.. . .. 277 



APPENDIX. The Educational Claims of Botany 285 



