CONTENTS 



Introduction 



DIVISION I 



ANGIOSPERMS OR HIGHER FLOWERING PLANTS 



CI^APTEIi 



I. Seed. Germination. Form of the Established Plant 5 



II. The Cellular Construction of the Plant - - - 16 



III. The Tissues of the Stem ------ 33 



IV. The Leaf ------ ^ - - - 58 



V. The Root - -------- 71 



VI. The Water-Relation ------- 84 



VII. Nutrition, Storage, and Respiration - - - - ' 98 



VIII. Growth and Movement - - - - - - -118 



IX. The Mechanical Construction of the Plant-Body - 136 



X. Modifications of Form in the Vegetative System - - i6i 



XL Irregular Nutrition ------- 187 



XII. Vegetative Propagation - - - - - - - 211 



XIII. The Inflorescence, and the Flower - - - - 220 



XIV. The Stamen and Pollen-Sac ------ 244 



XV. The Carpel and Ovule ------- 252 



XVI. Pollination and Fertilisation ----- 264 



XVII. The Embryo and the Seed - - - - - - 274 



XVIII. The Fruit and Seed-Dispersal ----- jg^ 



DIVISION II 

 GYMNOSPERMS 



XIX. Coniferae. The Scots Pine ------ ,02 



