Botany

Preface to the second edition; Preface to the third edition; 1. The groundsel, the sycamore and the cock's-foot grass; 2. Flowers and fruits; 3. Seeds; 4. The germination of seeds; 5. The conditions necessary for germination; 6. The growth of plants; 7. Roots and their work; 8. The soil; 9. The transpiration of water; 10. How plants economize water; 11. How a green leaf makes food from the air; 12. Leaves; 13. How foliage leaves get light; 14. The ways in which a plant uses its food; 15. The movements of plants; 16. How plants obtain air; 17. Other ways of obtaining food; 18. The different forms of plants. I. Herbs; 19. The different forms of plants. II. Trees and shrubs; 20. How plants pass the winter. I. Trees and shrubs; 21. How plants pass the winter. II. Herbs; 22. The flower of the buttercup; 23. Other flowers; 24. Cross- and self-pollination; 25. Pollination continued. Inflorescences; 26. Fruits and the migration of plants; 27. Fruits and the migration of plants - continued; 28. The relationships of flowering plants; Appendix. The names of plants; Index.