ANCIENT PLANTS 



BEING A SIMPLE ACCOUNT OF THE 

 PAST VEGETATION OF THE EARTH 

 AND OF THE RECENT IMPORTANT 

 DISCOVERIES MADE IN THIS REALM 

 OF NATURE STUDY 



BY 



MARIE C. STOPES, D.Sc, Ph.D., F.L.S. 



Lecturer in Fossil Botany, Manchester University 

 Author of " The Study of Plant Life for Young People " 



LONDON 



BLACKIE & SON, Limited, 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C. 



GLASGOW AND BOMBAY 



1910 



