Xll ANALYSIS 



2. TJie Factors of Groicth — Paragraphs 



2a. Water in the plant 184-189 



2h. Soluble salts from the soil 190-192 



2c, Oxygen 193-19ff 



2d. Carbon dioxid and sunlight 19? 199 



2e. Heat, or a definite temperature 200-202 



3. The Processes of Growth 203-207 



4. IrritaUUty 208-212 



CHAPTER IX 



The Propagation op Plants (pages 132-144) 



1. The Kinds of Fropac/atioii 213-215 



2. Seedage, or Propagation by Seeds — 



2a. Requisites of germination 216-221 



2b. The raising of seedlings 222-226 



3. Propagation by Budu — 



3a. Why and how bud propagation is uficd .... 227, 228 



36. Undetaehed buds 229, 230 



Zc. Detached buds 231-241 



CHAPTER X 



Preparation of Land for the Seed (pages 145-158) 



(By I. P. Roberts, Emeritus Professor of Agriculture, 

 Cornell University) 



1, Factors Which Determine the Preparation of the Seed-bed. 242, 243 



2. The Demands of the Plant 244-249 



3. The Preparing of the Seed-bed 250 255 



4, Application of the Foregoing Principles — 



4a. Wheat 256-259 



4b. Maize, or Indian corn 260, 261 



4c. Potatoes 262-264 



CHAPTER XI 



Subsequent Care of the Plant (pages 159-178) 



i. By Means of Tillage — 



la. In general 265-270 



16. In fruit plantations 271-277 



