TABLE or CONTENTS XIX 



PART n— PHYSIOLOGY OF GROWTH AND CONFIGURATION 



CHAPTER I 



General Discussion oe Growth 



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1. Anatomical relations of cell growth ... 213 



2. Conditions favorable to growth 214 



3. Apparatus for the study of growth . . . . . . 217 



CHAPTER II 

 Growth Phenomena that are Controlled by Internal Conditions 



1. The grand period of growth . . 21S 



2. Growth of root, stem and leaf . . . . 218 



3. Tissue strains . . .... 222 



CHAPTER HI 

 Influence op External Conditions on Growth and Configuration 



1. Dependence of growth and configuration upon temperature '^ 223 



2. Dependence of growth and configuration upon the oxygen content of the air . . . 228 



3. Influence of other atmospheric gases on growth and configuration 230 



4. Influence of moisture on growth and configuration ... 233 



5. Dependence of growth and configuration upon light . . . ... 244 



6. Influence of gravitation on growth and configuration . . . . . . .262 



7. Influence of nutrition on growth and configuration . . 269 



8. Influence of wounding, traction and pressure on growth and configuration . . . .270 



CHAPTER IV 

 Twiners and Other Climbing Plants ^ 



1. Twiners . 276 



2. Non-twining climbers .... 277 



3. Circumnutation 279 



CHAPTER V 



Movements oe Variation 



1. General survey of plant movements . . .... 280 



2. Autonomic movements of variation 280 



3. Paratonic movements of variation . . . 280 



CHAPTER VI 

 Development and Reproduction 



1. Influence of external and internal conditions on development 285 



2. Reproduction 294 



Index 301 



