G. F. Scott Elliot

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I THE ACTIVITY OF VEGETABLES

CHAPTER II ON SAVAGES, DOCTORS, AND PLANTS

CHAPTER III A TREE'S PERILOUS LIFE

CHAPTER IV ON FORESTS

CHAPTER V FLOWERS

CHAPTER VI ON UNDERGROUND LIFE

CHAPTER VII HIGH MOUNTAINS, ARCTIC SNOWS

CHAPTER VIII SCRUB

CHAPTER IX ON TEA, COFFEE, CHOCOLATE, AND TOBACCO

CHAPTER X ON DESERTS

CHAPTER XI THE STORY OF THE FIELDS

CHAPTER XII ON PLANTS WHICH ADD TO CONTINENTS

CHAPTER XIII ROCKS, STONES, AND SCENERY

CHAPTER XIV ON VEGETABLE DEMONS

CHAPTER XV ON NETTLES, SENSITIVE PLANTS, ETC.

CHAPTER XVI ON FLOWERS OF THE WATER

CHAPTER XVII ON GRASSLANDS

CHAPTER XVIII POISONS

CHAPTER XIX ON FRUITS

CHAPTER XX WANDERING FRUITS AND SEEDS

CHAPTER XXI STORY OF THE CROPS

CHAPTER XXII PLANTS AND ANTS

CHAPTER XXIII THE PERIL OF INSECTS

CHAPTER XXIV RUBBER, HEMP, AND OPIUM

CHAPTER XXV ON CLIMBING PLANTS

CHAPTER XXVI PLANTS WHICH PREY ON PLANTS

CHAPTER XXVII PLANTS ATTACKING ANIMALS

CHAPTER XXVIII MOSSES AND MOORS

CHAPTER XXIX NAMES AND SUPERSTITIONS

INDEX

FOOTNOTES:

A Living Bridge

Such a bridge is described by Sir J. D. Hooker in his Himalayan Journals.

THE ROMANCE OF
PLANT LIFE

INTERESTING DESCRIPTIONS OF
THE STRANGE AND CURIOUS IN
THE PLANT WORLD

BY

G. F. SCOTT ELLIOT
M.A. CANTAB., B.SC. EDIN., F.R.G.S., F.L.S., ETC.
AUTHOR OF
"A NATURALIST IN MID AFRICA," "NATURE STUDIES—PLANT LIFE"
ETC.

WITH THIRTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS

PHILADELPHIA
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
LONDON: SEELEY & CO. Limited
1907