LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Frontispiece— Oil dots of bluegum 



leaf. 



Fig. 1— French bean seed 8 



2 — Seedlings growing ... 9 



3— Castor oil need 10 



4 — Bean-half growing ... 11 



5— Wheat seed 13 



6 & 7 — ^Wheat seed germinating 14 

 8 — Leaf of plant with one 



seed-leaf 15 



9— Leaf of plant .with two 



seed-leaves 

 10 — Root pressure 

 11— Root sucking up water 

 12— Imitation plant cell 

 13 — Outer skin of root 



14 — Taproot 



15 -Fibrous root 



16 — Fleshy root 



17 — Roots from creeping stem 

 18 — New bulb forming on old 



bulb 



19 — Oak-stem cut 



20— Shoots cut to show age ... 



21 — One year old stem 



23— Grape vine shoot cut to 



show water-path 

 24 — Danubian reed cut to 



show water-path 



25 — Palm tree 



27— Virginian creeper freak 



leaf 



28— Sticky discs, Japanese 



creeper 



29— Alternate air roots, Japa- 

 nese creeper 



30— Sucking roots, mistletoe 

 31 — The dodder clinging and 



sucking 



32— Australian scrub- vine ... 

 33 — Rose branch in shade of 



north fence 



34 — Ditto in sun 



35 — Inside of a leaf 



36 — Lower skin of a leaf 



37— Feather 



38— Feather- veined leaf 



39— Oak leaf 72 



40— Feather leaf out 72 



41— Pepper leaf 73 



42— Geraniumt leaf 73 



43 — Mallow weed leaf 74 



44-Plane tree leaf 74 



45— Fig tree leaf 74 



46— Virginian creeper leaf ... 75 



47 — Ivy leaf (entire) 75 



48— Spearhead leaf 76 



49— Shield-like leaf 76 



50— Alternate leaves 76 



51 — Opposite leailets 77 



52— Whorl of leaves 77 



53 — ^Compound leaf 77 



54— Grass leaf 79 



56— Elm leaf 80 



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Fig. 57— Gum tree leaves 81 



58— Blackwood 83 



59— Ivy leaf, upper 83 



60— Ivy leaf, lower 83 



61 — Whittaker's sundew ... 84 

 62 — Clover leaflets by day 



and night 86 



63— Folded leaflets 87 



64 — Morning flower, fleshy 



leaves 87 



65— Oil dots of bluegum leaf 89 



66— Scotch thistle 90 



67 — Gorse seedling 90 



69— Bib grass 91 



70 — Flower umbel of ivy ... 93 



71— Petals of scarlet geranium 99 

 7lA Anthers and pistil of 



ocarlet geranium ... 102 



72— Wild geranium 104 



73— Tubular flower Ill 



74— Regular flower Ill 



75— Irregular flower 112 



76-Foxglove 113 



77— Salvia 114 



78— Peaflower 115 



79— Honey tube 120 



83— Oak catkin 125 



84— Plantain 127 



85— Flower of wheat 128 



86-Pistil of a grass 128 



87— Maize plant 129 



94— Ripe fruit of geranium.. . 131 

 95— Stork's BUI, ripening seed 



cases 131 



96 — Peaflower pod empty ... 132 



97— Coconut 133 



98— Oat awn 134 



99— Groundsel 137 



100— Burr-medlck 138 



100a— Bathurst Burr 139 



101 -Sorrel weed 140 



102— Poppy head 143 



103— Dandelion head 143 



104 — Seed case of willow-herb 144 



105— Plane tree, fruit ball ... 145 



106 — Parsnip seed 145 



107— Pine seed 146 



108— Elm seed 146 



109 — Rose stamens ... 121,148 



110— Pineapple leaves 149 



111 — Raspberry bush rooting 149 



112 — Strawberry runner ... 151 



113— Native rush 152 



114— Scaly bulb 153 



U5— Solid bulb 153 



116— Parsnip 157 



117— Desert Pea 158 



118— Budding 160 



119— Grafting 161 



120— Compound leaf of rose 164 



121 Plane tree leaf cup ... 165 



122— Leaf scars 122 



123— Edge vein, gum leaf ... 71 



