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Plants and their children

Plants and their children

by Frances Theodora Parsons

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Author
Parsons, Frances Theodora, 1861-1952
Original Publication
New York: American Book Company, 1896.
Credits
Bob Taylor, 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 -- Juvenile literature
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 71942
Release Date
October 23, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.PLANTS AND THEIR CHILDREN
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.PREFACE
  5. 5.CONTENTS
  6. 6.Part I—Fruits and Seeds — IN THE ORCHARD
  7. 7.THE STORY OF THE BEE
  8. 8.THE APPLE’S TREASURES
  9. 9.WHAT A PLANT LIVES FOR
  10. 10.THE WORLD WITHOUT PLANTS
  11. 11.HOW THE APPLE SHIELDS ITS YOUNG
  12. 12.SOME COUSINS OF THE APPLE
  13. 13.UNEATABLE FRUITS
  14. 14.MORE COUSINS OF THE APPLE
  15. 15.STILL MORE COUSINS
  16. 16.IN THE WOODS
  17. 17.WHY SEEDS TRAVEL
  18. 18.SOME LITTLE TRAMPS
  19. 19.SEED SAILBOATS
  20. 20.WINGED SEEDS
  21. 21.SHOOTING SEEDS
  22. 22.THE CHESTNUT AND OTHER SEEDS
  23. 23.SOME STRANGE STORIES
  24. 24.Part II—Young Plants — HOW THE BABY PLANT LIVES
  25. 25.A SCHOOLROOM GARDEN
  26. 26.A SCHOOLROOM GARDEN ( Concluded )
  27. 27.SEEDS AS FOOD
  28. 28.AN IMPATIENT PLANT BABY
  29. 29.A HUMPBACKED PLANT BABY
  30. 30.Part III—Roots and Stems — ROOT HAIRS
  31. 31.ROOTS AND UNDERGROUND STEMS
  32. 32.ABOVE-GROUND ROOTS
  33. 33.WHAT FEW CHILDREN KNOW
  34. 34.PLANTS THAT CANNOT STAND ALONE
  35. 35.SOME HABITS OF STEMS
  36. 36.STEMS AND SEED LEAVES
  37. 37.“WELL DONE, LITTLE STEM”
  38. 38.Part IV—Buds — BUDS IN WINTER
  39. 39.A HAPPY SURPRISE
  40. 40.SOME ASTONISHING BUDS
  41. 41.Part V—Leaves — HOW TO LOOK AT A LEAF
  42. 42.THE MOST WONDERFUL THING IN THE WORLD
  43. 43.HOW A PLANT IS BUILT
  44. 44.HOW A PLANT’S FOOD IS COOKED
  45. 45.A STEEP CLIMB
  46. 46.HOW A PLANT PERSPIRES
  47. 47.HOW A PLANT STORES ITS FOOD
  48. 48.LEAF GREEN AND SUNBEAM
  49. 49.PLANT OR ANIMAL?
  50. 50.HOW WE ARE HELPED BY LEAF GREEN AND SUNBEAM
  51. 51.HOW A PLANT BREATHES
  52. 52.THE DILIGENT TREE
  53. 53.LEAVES AND ROOTS
  54. 54.LEAF VEINS
  55. 55.LEAF SHAPES
  56. 56.HAIRY LEAVES
  57. 57.WOOLLY AND “DUSTY” LEAVES
  58. 58.PRICKLES AND POISON
  59. 59.SOME CRUEL TRAPS
  60. 60.MORE CRUEL TRAPS
  61. 61.THE FALL OF THE LEAF
  62. 62.Part VI—Flowers — THE BUILDING PLAN OF THE CHERRY BLOSSOM
  63. 63.LILIES
  64. 64.ABOUT STAMENS
  65. 65.FLOWER DUST, OR POLLEN
  66. 66.ABOUT PISTILS
  67. 67.THE FIRST ARRIVAL
  68. 68.PUSSY WILLOWS
  69. 69.ALDERS AND BIRCHES
  70. 70.THE GREAT TREES
  71. 71.THE UNSEEN VISITOR
  72. 72.PLANT PACKAGES
  73. 73.UNDERGROUND STOREHOUSES
  74. 74.DIFFERENT BUILDING PLANS
  75. 75.A CELEBRATED FAMILY
  76. 76.CLEVER CUSTOMS
  77. 77.FLOWERS THAT TURN NIGHT INTO DAY
  78. 78.HORRID HABITS
  79. 79.THE STORY OF THE STRAWBERRY
  80. 80.A COUSIN OF THE STRAWBERRY
  81. 81.ANOTHER COUSIN
  82. 82.PEA BLOSSOMS AND PEAS
  83. 83.THE CLOVER’S TRICK
  84. 84.MORE TRICKS
  85. 85.AN OLD FRIEND
  86. 86.THE LARGEST PLANT FAMILY IN THE WORLD
  87. 87.ROBIN’S PLANTAIN, GOLDEN-ROD, AND ASTER
  88. 88.THE LAST OF THE FLOWERS
  89. 89.Part VII—Learning to See — A BAD HABIT
  90. 90.A COUNTRY ROAD
  91. 91.A HOLIDAY LESSON
  92. 92.INDEX

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