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INDEX 



Chlorophyll, 77 



Chrysalis, 170 



Chrysanthemums, 28 



Clay, 103, 105 



Cleavers, 150, 161 



Climbing organs, 70 



Clover, 23, 29, 82 ; stipules, 67 



Coleus, 37, 38, 78, 157 



Coltsfoot, 165 



Compost heaps, 109 



Copper beech, 78 



Corn, 46 



Corn spurrey, 166 



Cotyledons, 3, 7 



Couch grass, 53, 165 



Creeping jenny, 43, 45, 54 



Crocus, 45, 46, 55, 67, 69, 83 



Cross-fertilisation, 146, 156 



Crow-foot, 140 



Cucumber, 4, 21, 23, 154, 156; 



fertilisation, 144 ; germination, 



8 ; tendrils, 56 

 Currant, 151, 162 

 Cuscuta, 29 

 Cuttings, propagation by, 37 



Elm, 31, 46, 47, 56 

 Embryo, 4 



Enchanter's nightshade, 162 

 Evening primrose, 153 

 Explosive fruits, 152 



F 



Felspar, 102, 105 



Fertilisation of flowers, 143 



Flag, 44 



Flax, 7, 29 



Flies, life-history, 173 



Flower, parts of, 139, 154 



FooJ of plants, 78, 93, 132 



Foxglove, 150 



French bean, 3, 8 



Frog's-bit, roots, 25 ; root-cap, 31, 



74 

 Fruits, 148 ; dispersal of, 149 ; 



explosive, 152 

 Furze, 152, 162, 165 ; leaves, 67, 



74, 81, 86 

 Fuchsia, 93, 98 



Daisy, 156 



Damson, 151 



Dandelion, 75, 91, 159, 165 



Date palm, 21 



Dead-nettle, $3. 8 5 *54 



Dicotyledons, root systems, 31 ; 



seeds, 5 ; stems, 47 

 Dock, 67, 8 1 

 Dodder, 29 

 Duck-weed, leaves, 74 ; root-caps, 



31 



E 



Earth-worms, work of, 107 

 Elderberry, i$i 



Garden pea, leaf-stalk, 70 



Geranium, 37, 82, 96, 154, 155 



Germination, 6 ; conditions of, 1 3 



Gladiolus, 55, 83 



Goat's-beard, 160 



Gooseberry, 39 



Goose-grass, 161 



Grafting, 48 



Grapevine, 45, 151, 162; tendrils, 



56 



Grasses, 73, 147 ; stem structure, 57 

 Gravel, 103 

 Gravitation, 35 

 "Green dressing," 126, 129 

 Green fly, 172 



