CONTENTS. 
PART [.—PLANT LIFE. 
I.—Fhe Plant... 
IT. —Seeds and their Geawth 
IIJ.—Leaves, Part I. 
1V.—Leaves, Part IT. 3 
V.—Spines, Thorns, and Priokies,. “ 
VI.-—Leaf Arrangement 
VII.—How Plants Feed is 
VITI.—Food obtained from the Air ... 
TX.—Path of Leaf-made Food down the Stem 
X.—Conditions essential to Growth 
XI.—Storage of Food 
XII.—The Stem ... 
XIII.—Modes of Climbing 
XIV.—The Flower —_.......... 
XV.—Fertilisation and Ealinauane 
XVI.—The Fruit 
XVII.—The Dispersal of Sheds 
XVIII.—Grasses 
XIX.—Phormium or New Zealand Flax 
XX.—Fungi 
PART IIT.—ANIMAL LIFE. 
I.—Introduction and Classification 
II.—A Sponge 
III.—The Sea-Urehin 
TV.—The Earthworm 
V.—Molluses 
VI.—Insects 4 
VIJ.—Harmful eter 
VIII.-—The Spider ... 
IX.— Vertebrate Pemintilee. 
X.—The Frog 
XI,-—Reptiles 
XIJ.—Birds 
XITI.—Introduced Wild Birds 
XIV.—Native Birds, Part I. 
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