The Study of Plant Life

CONTENTS

PART I.
The Life of the Plant
CHAP.		PAGE
I.	Introductory	1
II.	Signs of Life	4
III.	Seeds and Seedlings	8
IV.	Food Materials of the Older Plant—1. In the Soil	14
V.	Food Materials of the Older Plant—2. In the Air	18
VI.	The Food Manufactured by the Plant	23
VII.	The Circulation of Water	28
VIII.	Light and its Influences	35
IX.	Growth in Seedlings	40
X.	Movement	45
	Summary of Part I.	49
PART II.
The Parts of a Plant’s Body, and their Uses
XI.	Roots	53
XII.	Stems	58
XIII.	Leaves	64
XIV.	Buds	72
XV.	Flowers	78
XVI.	Fruits and Seeds	86
XVII.	The Tissues Building up the Plant Body	92
PART III.
Specialisation in Plants
XVIII.	For Protection against Loss of Water	99
XIX.	Specialisation for Climbing	104
XX.	Parasites	109
XXI.	Plants which eat Insects	114
XXII.	Flower Structures in Relation to Insects	118
PART IV.
The Five Great Classes of Plants
XXIII.	Flowering Plants	125
XXIV.	The Pine-Tree Family	127
XXV.	Ferns and their Relatives	133
XXVI.	Mosses and their Relatives	138
XXVII.	AlgÆ and Fungi	141
PART V.
Plants in their Homes
XXVIII.	Hedges and Ditches	145
XXIX.	Moorland	153
XXX.	Ponds	159
XXXI.	Along the Shore	165
XXXII.	In the Sea	173
XXXIII.	Plants of Long Ago	178
XXXIV.	Physical Geography and Plants	182
XXXV.	Plant Maps	188
XXXVI.	Excursions and Collecting	194
	Index	197

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