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CHAPTER VIII 

 Fermentation and Respiration 



i. General discussion 198 



2. Alcoholic fermentation 201 



3. Other kinds of fermentation 209 



4. Plant respiration 210 



5. Apparatus for measuring plant respiration 215 



6. Formation of water during respiration 217 



7. Liberation of heat during respiration 218 



8. Anaerobic, or intramolecular, respiration 220 



9. Respiration chromogens 222 



10. Respiratory enzymes 223 



11. Materials consumed in respiration 227 



12. Special cases of respiration in lower plants 230 



13. Circulation of energy in nature 232 



Summary 232 



PART II- PHYSIOLOGY OF GROWTH AND CONFIGURATION 



CHAPTER I 

 General Discussion of Growth 



1. Anatomical relations of cell growth 241 



2. Conditions favorable to growth 242 



3. Apparatus for the study of growth 245 



Summary 246 



CHAPTER II 



Growth Phenomena That are Controlled by Internal Conditions 



1 . The grand period of growth : .... 24 7 



2. Growth of root, stem and leaf 247 



3. Tissue strains 251 



Summary 251 



CHAPTER III 



I III ENCE OF EXTERNAX CONDITIONS ON GROWTH AND CONFIGURATION 



1. Dependence of growth and configuration upon temperature 253 



2. Dependence of growth and configuration upon the oxygen content of the surroundings 258 



3. Influence of other gases on growth and configuration 260 



4. Influence of moisture on growth and configuration 263 



5. Dependence of growth and configuration upon light 274 



6. Influence of gravitation on growth and configuration 292 



7. Influence of nutrition on growth and configuration 299 



8. Influence of wounding, traction and pressure on growth and configuration 300 



Summary 305 



