Glimpses into plant-life

About this eBook

Author

Brightwen, Mrs. (Eliza Elder), 1830-1906

Title

Glimpses into plant-life : An easy guide to the study of botany

Original Publication

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1897.

Credits

Mairi, Jack Janssen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QK: Science: Botany

Subject

Plants

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 79061

Release Date

July 9, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.GLIMPSES INTO PLANT-LIFE
3. 3.BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.Untitled
7. 7.Untitled
8. 8.Untitled
9. 9.PREFACE
10. 10.CONTENTS
11. 11.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
12. 12.Untitled
13. 13.CHAPTER I ADAPTATION
14. 14.Untitled
15. 15.Untitled
16. 16.CHAPTER II ROOTS
17. 17.Untitled
18. 18.Air Roots. — Parasitic Roots.
19. 19.CHAPTER III TREE STEMS
20. 20.Untitled
21. 21.Untitled
22. 22.CHAPTER IV LEAVES
23. 23.Untitled
24. 24.Untitled
25. 25.CHAPTER V BUDS
26. 26.Untitled
27. 27.Untitled
28. 28.CHAPTER VI FLOWERS
29. 29.Untitled
30. 30.Untitled
31. 31.CHAPTER VII POLLINATION
32. 32.Untitled
33. 33.Untitled
34. 34.CHAPTER VIII FERTILISATION
35. 35.Untitled
36. 36.Untitled
37. 37.CHAPTER IX FRUIT
38. 38.Untitled
39. 39.Untitled
40. 40.CHAPTER X DISPERSION OF FRUITS AND SEEDS
41. 41.Untitled
42. 42.Untitled
43. 43.CHAPTER XI GERMINATION
44. 44.Untitled
45. 45.Untitled
46. 46.CHAPTER XII THE PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS
47. 47.Untitled
48. 48.Untitled
49. 49.CHAPTER XIII INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS
50. 50.Untitled
51. 51.Untitled
52. 52.CHAPTER XIV HABIT OF GROWTH IN PLANTS
53. 53.Untitled
54. 54.Untitled
55. 55.GLOSSARY OF SCIENTIFIC WORDS USED IN THIS VOLUME
56. 56.A — B — C — D — E — F — G — H — I — L — M — N — O — P — Q — R — S — T — U — V — W — Y
57. 57.FOOTNOTES.
58. 58.Transcriber’s notes — Corrections

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