CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION 



Plants and Ourselves . 



Section i. Our dependence upon plants 



Section 2. Our enjoyment of plants . 



Section 3. Plants in spring 



Section 4. Plants and history 



Section 5. The improvement of crops 



The Study of Plants 

 Section 6. Reasons for it 



Ways of doing it 



Your first plant study 



Later studies . 



The notebook 



The textbook . 



Section 7. 

 Section 8 

 Section 9 

 Section 10 

 Section 11 



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CHAPTER ONE: THE PLANT 

 A GENERAL EXTERNAL VIEW 



Section 12. Seed plants and other plants 

 Section 13. Plant life and ours . 



Nutrition and reproduction 

 Section 14. Nutrition . 



A. Food 



B. Digestion and assimilation 



C. Photosynthesis 



D. Organs and functions 



E. Protection 

 Section 15. Roots 

 Section 16. Stems 



Uses of stems to man 

 Section 17. Leaves 



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