Xil ANALYSIS 



2. The Factors of Growth Paragraphs 



2a. Water in the plant 184-189 



26. Soluble salts from the soil 190-192 



2c. Oxygen 193-19? 



2d. Carbon dioxid and sunlight 197-199 



2e. Heat, or a definite temperature 200-202 



3. The Processes of Growth 203-207 



4. Irritability 208-212 



CHAPTER IX 



THE PROPAGATION OP PLANTS (pages 132-144) 



1. The Kinds of Propagation 213-215 



2. Seedagc, or Propagation by Seeds 



2a. Requisites of germination 216-221 



26. The raising of seedlings 222-226 



3. Propagation by Buds 



3#. Why and how bud propagation is used .... 227, 228 



36. Undetached buds 229, 230 



3c. Detached buds 231-241 



CHAPTER X 



PREPARATION OF LAND FOR THE SEED (pages 145-158) 



(By I. P. ROBERTS, Emeritus Professor of Agriculture, 

 Cornell University) 



1 . Factors Which Determine the Preparation of the Seed-bed. 242, 243 



2. The Demands of the Plant 244-240 



i>. The Preparing of the Seed-bed 250-255 



4. Application of the Foregoing Principle* 



4a. Wheat 256-25<> 



46. Maize, or Indian corn 2(50,261 



4c. Potatoes 2(52-2(54 



CHAPTER XI 



SUBSEQUENT CARE OF THE PLANT (pages 159-178) 



1. By Means of Tillage 



la. In general 265 270 



16. In fruit plantations 271-277 



