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CONTENTS 
CHAPTER I. THE SEED 
Tue StorRAGE or Foop in SEEDS. 5 . 
Some PHysioLoGICAL PROPERTIES OF SEEDS . 
Types or Sreeps . - : 5 : . . 
Seep DIsperRsAL . c F 2 ‘ a 2 
Fretp Work ‘ 3 ‘ . A ‘ 
CHAPTER II. GERMINATION AND GROWTH 
PROCESSES ACCOMPANYING GERMINATION . 
ConpitTions or GERMINATION ° ° ° . 
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SEEDLING c % s 
GROWTH. . ; : ‘ ‘ . 5 3 
Fixtp Work . ‘ q - - . J 
CHAPTER III. THE ROOT 
OsMOSIS AND THE ACTION OF THE CELL . 
MineraL NuUTRIMENTS ABSORBED BY PLANTS . 
STRUCTURE OF THE RooT . ‘ ji ‘ 
Tue Work or Roots . A . : Z 
DirFERENT Forms oF Roots’. F F z 
Fietp Work - 7 ‘ 2 . 7 . 
CHAPTER IV. THE STEM 
Forms AND GROWTH OF STEMS . . 7 
MopiFICATIONS OF THE STEM . F 5 
Stem STRUCTURE 
A. MonocorTyts . ‘ é - . : 
B. Herpacrous Dicoryis i r . 3 
C. Woopy STEMMED DicoTyYLs * . 7 
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