CONTENTS, 



CHAPTER 



I. INTRODUCTION page I 



II. THE SUNDEWS 23 



III. VENUS'S FLY-TRAP 50 



IV. SIDE-SADDLE FLOWERS J2 



V. PITCHER-PLANTS % 



VI. MINOR CARNIVORA 122 



VII. GYRATION OF PLANTS ISO 



VIII. HELIOTROPES, OR SUNFLOWERS . . 170 



IX. TWINERS AND CLIMBERS .... 1 84 



X. SENSITIVE PLANTS 220 



XL SLEEP OF PLANTS 239 



XII. METEORIC FLOWERS 259 



XIII. HYGROSCOPISM 275 



XIV. DISPERSION 291 



XV. MIMICRY 321 



XVI. GIANTS 34S 



XVII. TEMPERATURE 37 1 



XVIII. LUMINOSITY 383 



XIX. MYSTIC PLANTS 4OI 



XX. FLOWERS OF HISTORY 446 



