FLOWERLESS PLANTS 



HOW AND WHERE THEY GROW 



CHAPTER I 



A GENERAL SURVEY 



In a world which is crowded with allurements 

 it is only natural that, at first, the attention 

 of the observer should be arrested by those 

 things which make the most insistent appeals 

 to the senses. It is not long, however, before 

 the thoughtful individual discovers that the 

 very showy objects are not always the most 

 interesting. The student of plant life is faced 

 with a similar situation. The handsome flower- 

 ing species will, on account of their striking 

 appearance, always command a lion's share of 

 attention ; but to end one's botanical researches 

 at this point would be to miss some of the most 

 interesting chapters in the wonderful story of 

 the plants. 



For proof of this it is only necessary to 

 peep into the hfe histories of some of the 



