

CONTENTS 



Pgc 

 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. Phanerogamous and Cryptogamous plants. 



Analogies between the organization of plants and that of animals. 9 



PART III. 



ON THE ORGANS OF NUTRITION IN PHANEROGAMOUS PLANTS 17 



CHAPTER I. 



THE EPIDERMIS AND ITS APPENDAGES 18 



CHAPTER II. 



TliE DIFFERENT KINDS OF STEM 25 



CHAPTER III. 



ON THE ROOT OR SUBTERRANEAN APPENDAGES OF THE AXOPHYTE.... 32 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE ORGANIZATION OF THE STEM 46 



CHAPTER V. 



ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUDS AND BRANCHES 64 



CHAPTER VI. 







THE LEAVE_S 72 



CHAPTER VII. 



ON THE NATURE AND SOURCES OF THE FOOD ASSIMILATED BY PLANTS. 89 



