CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PA<*B 



I. INTRODUCTION THE BROAD BEAN PLANT ... 1 



II. SEEDS AND SEEDLINGS 17 



III. THE MICROSCOPE AND CELL-STRUCTURE ... 58 



IV. PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND RESPIRATION ... ... 71 



V. WATER ABSORPTION AND TRANSPIRATION ... 105 



VI. LEAVES AND BUDS ... ... ... ... 130 



VII. THE GROWTH OP ROOTS AND STEMS... ... 151 



VIII. CLIMBERS, PARASITES, SAPROPHYTES... ... 195 



IX. FLOWERS AND THEIR WORK ... ... ... 213 



X. FRUITS AND SEEDS ... ... 251 



XL THE BEAN FAMILY 266 



XII. MONOCOTYLEDONS 278 



XIII. THE LOWER DICOTYLEDONS 308 



XIV. THE HIGHER DICOTYLEDONS ... ... ... 339 



XV. TREES AND SHRUBS 386 



XVI. THE ECOLOGY OF PLANTS 414 



APPENDIX I. FERN AND PINE 460 



APPENDIX II. NOTES ON SOILS 479 



INDEX 496 



