The Romance of Plant Life Interesting Descriptions of the Strange and Curious in the Plant World

About this eBook

Author

Elliot, G. F. Scott (George Francis Scott), 1862-1934

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Mary Akers 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

eBook-No.

45930

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45930

Release Date

June 10, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE ROMANCE OF PLANT LIFE
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.CHAPTER I THE ACTIVITY OF VEGETABLES
5. 5.CHAPTER II ON SAVAGES, DOCTORS, AND PLANTS
6. 6.CHAPTER III A TREE'S PERILOUS LIFE
7. 7.CHAPTER IV ON FORESTS
8. 8.CHAPTER V FLOWERS
9. 9.CHAPTER VI ON UNDERGROUND LIFE
10. 10.CHAPTER VII HIGH MOUNTAINS, ARCTIC SNOWS
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII SCRUB
12. 12.CHAPTER IX ON TEA, COFFEE, CHOCOLATE, AND TOBACCO
13. 13.CHAPTER X ON DESERTS
14. 14.CHAPTER XI THE STORY OF THE FIELDS
15. 15.CHAPTER XII ON PLANTS WHICH ADD TO CONTINENTS
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII ROCKS, STONES, AND SCENERY
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV ON VEGETABLE DEMONS
18. 18.CHAPTER XV ON NETTLES, SENSITIVE PLANTS, ETC.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI ON FLOWERS OF THE WATER
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII ON GRASSLANDS
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII POISONS
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX ON FRUITS
23. 23.CHAPTER XX WANDERING FRUITS AND SEEDS
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI STORY OF THE CROPS
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII PLANTS AND ANTS
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII THE PERIL OF INSECTS
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV RUBBER, HEMP, AND OPIUM
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV ON CLIMBING PLANTS
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI PLANTS WHICH PREY ON PLANTS
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII PLANTS ATTACKING ANIMALS
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII MOSSES AND MOORS
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX NAMES AND SUPERSTITIONS
33. 33.INDEX
34. 34.FOOTNOTES:

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