CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



INTRODUCTION 1 



L THE ACORN AND ITS GERMINATION THE SEEDLING . 10 

 II. THE SEEDLING AND YOUNG PLANT . . . .24 

 III. THE SEEDLING AND YOUNG PLANT (continued). ITS 



SHOOT-SYSTEM DISTRIBUTION OF THE TISSUES . 39 

 IV. THE SEEDLING AND YOUNG PLANT (continued). 



STRUCTURE OF THE VASCULAR TISSUES, ETC. . 52 

 V. THE SEEDLING AND YOUNG PLANT (continued). THE 



BUDS AND LEAVES .72 



VI. THE TREE ITS ROOT-SYSTEM 89 



VII. THE TREE ITS SHOOT-SYSTEM 98 



VIII. THE TREE (continued). INFLORESCENCE AND FLOW- 

 ERS FRUIT AND SEED 121 



IX. OAK TIMBER ITS STRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGICAL 



PECULIARITIES 136 



X. THE CULTIVATION OF THE OAK, AND THE DISEASES 



AND INJURIES TO WHICH IT is SUBJECT . . . 147 



XL RELATIONSHIPS OF THE OAKS THEIR DISTRIBUTION 



IN SPACE AND TIME . 167 



