CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION 



Plants and Ourselves . 



Section i. Our dependence upon plants 



Section 2. Our enjoyment of plants . 



Section 3. Plants in spring 



Section 4. Plants and history . 



Section 5. The improvement of crops 



The Study ok Plants 



Section 6. Reasons for it 



Section 7. Ways of doing it 



Section 8. Your first plant study 



Section 9. Later studies . 



Section 10. The notebook . 



Section 11. The textbook . 



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CHAPTER ONE: THE PLANT 

 A GENERAL EXTERNAL VIEW 



