TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



PROTOPLASM AND PLANT-CELLS. 



PAOE 



Protoplasm. The Plant-cell. How New Cells are Formed. 

 Chromatophores. Starcli. Aleurone. Crystals. The Cell- 

 sap. 1 



CHAPTER II. 



THE TISSUES OP PLANTS. 



Definition. Rudimentary Tissue (Meristem). Soft Tissue. 

 Thick-angled Tissue. Stony Tissue. Fibrous Tissue. Milk- 

 tissue. Sieve-tissue. Tracbeary Tissue 30 



CHAPTER III. 



THE GROUPS OP TISSUES, OR TISSUE SYSTEMS. 



Primary Meristem. The Differentiation of Tissues into Systems. 

 The Epidermal System of Tissues ; Epidermis ; Hairs ; Breath- 

 ing-pores. The Fibro- vascular or Skeletal System. The Fun- 

 damental System of Tissues ; Cork. Intercellular Spaces 36 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE PLANT-BODY. 



Differentiation of the Plant-body. Members of the Plant-body. 

 Generalized Forms. Thallome. Caulome. Phyllome. Tri- 

 chome. Root. General Mode of Branching of Members 65 



CHAPTER V. 



PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 



Definition, Divisions of Physiology. Nutrition. Growth. The 

 Physics of Vegetation. Plant Movements. Reproduction.... 74 



