CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTER I.— Introduction , 5 



CHAPTER n.— Root 6 



Section 1.— Duration of Roots 10 



Section 2.— Form ot Roots 12 



CHAPTER III.— The Stem 17 



Section 1.— Kinds of Stem 17 



Section 2.— Cuticle 21 



CHAPTER IV.— Buds and Leaves 23 



Section 1.— Buds 23 



Section 2 —Leaves 27 



Section 3. — Appendages 38 



CHAPTER v.— The Flower 40 



Section 1. — Calyx 41 



Section 2.— Corolla 44 



Section 3. — Stamens 49 



Section 4.— Pistils 51 



Section 5. — Inflorescence 53 



CHAPTER VI.— The Fruit 57 



Section 1. — Pericarp 57 



Section 2.— Seed 62 



CHAPTER A^'II.- Germination 67 



CHAPTER VIII.— Simple Organs 70 



CHAPTER IX.— Miscellaneous Vegetable Phenomena 75 



CHAPTER X.— Food 81 



CHAPTER XL— Metamorphosis 88 



CHAPTER XII.— Phaeno^amia 92 



Section 1. — Cryptogamia 92 



CHAPTER XIII —Section 1.— Recapitulation 99 



Section 2. — General Remarks 101 



CHAPTER XIV.— Classification 102 



Section 1. — Artificial System 102 



Section 2. — Natural System lOo 



Index and Glossary 109 



