TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Flower Ecology: History 1,/pollinatioD and fertiliza- 

 tion, adaptations for sexual reproduction, conditions op- 

 posed to self-fertilization 2, self-fertilization, methods of 

 bringing fertilizing bodies together 5. 



CHAPTER II. 



Hydrophilous: Eel grass 7, lemna 8, water weed 9. 



CHAPTER III. 



Anemophilous: Grasses, lodicules 12, time of opening 

 of flowers 13, corn, wheat 15, tall meadow oat grass 17, 

 woody plants, hazel 17, pine 18, alder 19, aquatic plants, 

 herbaceous plants 20. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Entom'iphilous 21, bees 22, butterflies and moths 26, 

 flies and beetles 28,' reasons for attraction, modes of attrac- 

 tion 30, attraction of insects 31, color variations 34, odors 

 of flowers 37. 



CHAPTER V. 



Special Adaptations: Eanunculaceae 40, Berberid- 

 aceae 4 1, Fun iariace ae 42, Crnciferae 43, Yiola ^ae 44, Cary- 

 ophyllaceae 44, Geraniaceae 46, Vitaceae, Leguminosae 47, 

 Jlosaceae 65, Saxifraeaceae 59, Lythraceae 60, Onagraceae 

 62, Cucurbitaceae 64, Umbelliferae 66, Caprifoliaceae 67, 

 ^ompositae 68, Lobeliaceae 73, Campanulaceae, Ericaceae 

 74, Primulaceae 75, Oleaceae 77, Asclepiadaceae 78, Gentia- 



