CONTENTS. 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. INTRODUCTORY ..... 9 



II. HOW PLANTS BEGAN TO BE . . . 14 



III. HOW PLANTS CAME TO DIFFER FROM ONE ANOTHER 26 



IV. HOW PLANTS EAT .... 35 

 V. HOW PLANTS DRINK . . . ,57 



VI. HOW PLANTS MARRY . . . 78 



VII. VARIOUS MARRIAGE CUSTOMS . . .93 



VIII. MORE MARRIAGE CUSTOMS . . . 113 



IX. THE WIND AS CARRIER .... 135 



X. HOW FLOWERS CLUB TOGETHER . . 147 



XI. WHAT PLANTS DO FOR THEIR YOUNG . . 162 



XII. THE STEM AND BRANCHES . . - 176 



XIII. SOME PLANT BIOGRAPHIES . . . 198 



XIV. THE PAST HISTORY OF PLANTS . . 221 



