CONTENTS 



PART I 

 INTRODUCTION 



Chapter . Page 



I. Fundamental Notions . i 



II. The Parts of a Flowering Plant ... 7 



III. The Cell . . . . 14 



PART II 



THE VEGETATIVE FUNCTIONS OF PLANTS 



IV. Loss of Water . .21 

 V. Absorption of Water 47 



VI. The Path of Liquids in the Plant. ... 61 



VII. Nutrition . . 69 



VIII. Fermentation 94 



IX. Respiration . . 103 



X. Growth . .113 



XI. Adjustment to Surroundings. 125 



PART III 



STRUCTURE AND LIFE HISTORIES 



XII. Life History of a Fern . . 144 



XIII. Life History of a Fern (concluded) 168 



XIV. Fundamental Principles. . . 179 

 XV. Life History of a Moss . ... 193 



XVI. Life History of a Liverwort . . . . 209 



Anthoceros . . . 212 



Other Forms 222 



XVII. Life Histories of Algas. . 227 



Ascophyllum. . . . 227 



