CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. INTRODUCTORY 9 



II. How PLANTS BEGAN TO BE . . . .14 

 III. How PLANTS CAME TO DIFFER FROM ONE 



ANOTHER 25 



IV. How PLANTS EAT ' 33 



V. How PLANTS DRINK 53 



VI. How PLANTS MARRY . . . . . .73 

 VII. VARIOUS MARRIAGE CUSTOMS .... 86 



VIII. MORE MARRIAGE CUSTOMS 105 



IX. THE WIND AS CARRIER 124 



X. How FLOWERS CLUB TOGETHER . . . 135 

 XI. WHAT PLANTS DO FOR THEIR YOUNG . . 149 



XII. THE STEM AND BRANCHES 161 



Kill. SOME PLANT BIOGRAPHIES . . . .182 

 XIV. THE PAST HISTORY OF PLANTS . . . 203 



