LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
HOW CELLS ARE DIVIDED 12 
THE SHAPES OF BACTERIA 17 
SOME FUNGI GROW ON TREES 23 
FERNS DO NOT HAVE SEEDS 25 
SEEDS MUST BE POLLINATED 27 
THE SUNFLOWER INVITES THE BEES 29 
CLOVER IS MADE OF MANY BLOSSOMS 31 
SOME FLOWERS ARE MANY IN ONE 33 
THE HUMMING BIRD’S BILL REACHES THE NECTAR 38 
ROSES PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM CRAWLERS 41 
BURRS HAVE ONE PURPOSE 42 
BURRS TRAVEL A LONG WAY 43 
CLIMBERS HAVE DIFFERENT METHODS 46 
MORNING GLORIES MUST HAVE A SUPPORT 47 
LEAVES ARE FACTORIES WORKING IN THE SUN 50 
THE AGE OF TREES CAN BE TOLD 51 
THE RINGS OF A TREE 53 
DIFFERENT ROOT FORMS 55 
A TREE’S ROOTS REACH FAR 57 
THE DODDER HAS NO ROOTS 61 
PLANTS THAT TRAP FOOD 63 
THE DANDELION HAS MANY WEAPONS 67 
POTATOES ARE TUBERS 69 
A COMMON BULB, LEAF, AND FRUIT 70 
MANY SEEDS ARE GOOD TO EAT 71 
TREES DROP LEAVES TO SAVE WATER 73 
THE STORAGE ROOM OF SEEDS 75 
BULBS ARE STUFFED WITH PLANT FOOD 78 
TULIPS GROW BEST FROM BULBS 79 
WILD FLOWERS SHOULD NOT BE PICKED 83 
THE BUD BEARS ITS OWN KIND OF FRUIT 85 
GRAFTING CAN IMPROVE THE FRUIT 89 
BURBANK CREATED THE SHASTA DAISY 91 
WATER PLANTS ARE OF MANY KINDS 97 
CACTI ARE FOUND IN DRY PLACES 99 
SOME OASES HAVE THOUSANDS OF DATE PALMS 101 
ALPINE PLANTS MUST GROW QUICKLY 102 
CORN IS A GRASS 104 
BAMBOO IS THE TALLEST GRASS 105 
