CONTENTS 



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Section 18. Reproduction 



Section 19. Flowers . 



Section 20. Fruits 



Section 21. Seeds 



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CHAPTER TWO: THE PLANT 

 A GENERAL INTERNAL VIEW 



Section 22. The inside of plants 



Section 23. Cells and protoplasm 



Section 24. Tissues . . . . 



Section 25. From root to leaf 



Section 26. Inside the leaf 



Section 27. The working together of the whole machine 



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Section 28. 

 Section 29. 

 Section 30. 

 Section 31. 

 Section 32. 

 Section 33. 

 Section 34. 

 Section 34 



Section 35, 

 Section 36. 

 Section 37. 

 Section 38. 

 Section 39. 



CHAPTER THREE: NOT 

 ALTOGETHER ABOUT PLANTS 



A break in the story 

 Solution . 

 Molecules 

 States of matter 

 Elements and compounds 

 Atoms .... 

 Compounds and mixtures 

 A. Soil .... 



A. Origin and kinds of soil 



B. Soil and food . 



C. Fertilizers and cultivation 

 Osmosis .... 

 Causes of continued entrance 

 Forms of energy 

 Evaporation 

 Physics and chemistry and life 



Life a procession of changes 



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CHAPTER FOUR: ROOTS 



Section 40. Topics 



Section 41. Introductory as to roots 



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