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CONTENTS

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General Introduction xi


PART I. PLANT BIOLOGY

CHAPTER

I. No Two Plants or Parts are Alike 1

II. The Struggle to Live 4

III. Survival of the Fit 7

IV. Plant Societies 9

V. The Plant Body 15

VI. Seeds and Germination 20

VII. The Root—The Forms of Roots 32

VIII. The Root—Function and Structure 38

IX. The Stem—Kinds and Forms—Pruning 49

X. The Stem—Its General Structure 59

XI. Leaves—Form and Position 73

XII. Leaves—Structure and Anatomy 86

XIII. Leaves—Function or Work 92

XIV. Dependent Plants 106

XV. Winter and Dormant Buds 111

XVI. Bud Propagation 121

XVII. How Plants Climb 129

XVIII. The Flower—Its Parts and Forms 133

XIX. The Flower—Fertilization and Pollination 144

XX. Flower-clusters 155

XXI. Fruits 163

XXII. Dispersal of Seeds 172

XIII. Phenogams and Cryptogams 176

XXIV. Studies in Cryptogams 182