CONTENTS. 



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INTRODUCTION. — General View or the Science . . 13 



PART I. 

 STRUCTURAL. XNn PHYSIOLOGICAl, BOTANY. 



CHAPTER I. — OF THE ELEMENTARY STRUCTURE OF 



PLANTS 17 



Sect. I. Of Organization in General . . . .17 



v*. The Elementary Constitution of Plants . . . . 17 



Their Organic Constitution . . . . . . .18 



Distinctions between Minerals and Organized Beings 19 



Individuals and Species 20 



Life 21 



Difference between Vegetables and Animals . . .21 



Sect. U. Op the Cells and Cellular Tissue oe Plants 22 



Cellular Structure 23 



The Cell as a Living Organism 26 



Its Fonnation and Growth 27 



Original CeU-Foi-mation 27 



Cell-Multiplication 28 



Free Cell-Multiplication within a Mother-Cell . . .30 



Cell-Growth 30 



Branching Cells ■ 31 



Cyclosis or Circulation in Cells 31 



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