The Study of Plant Life

About this eBook

Author

Stopes, Marie Carmichael, 1880-1958

Credits

Produced by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

QK: Science: Botany

Subject

Plants -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 59106

Release Date

March 21, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE STUDY OF PLANT LIFE
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.PREFACE — PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
5. 5.ACKNOWLEDGMENT
6. 6.CONTENTS
7. 7.PART I. THE LIFE OF THE PLANT — CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY
8. 8.CHAPTER II. SIGNS OF LIFE
9. 9.CHAPTER III. SEEDS AND SEEDLINGS
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. FOOD MATERIALS OF THE OLDER PLANT (1) IN THE SOIL
11. 11.CHAPTER V. FOOD MATERIALS OF THE OLDER PLANT (2) IN THE AIR
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. THE FOOD MANUFACTURED BY THE PLANT
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. THE CIRCULATION OF WATER
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. LIGHT AND ITS INFLUENCES
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. GROWTH IN SEEDLINGS
16. 16.CHAPTER X. MOVEMENT
17. 17.SUMMARY OF PART I.
18. 18.PART II. THE PARTS OF A PLANT’S BODY AND THEIR USES — CHAPTER XI. ROOTS
19. 19.CHAPTER XII. STEMS
20. 20.CHAPTER XIII. LEAVES
21. 21.CHAPTER XIV. BUDS
22. 22.CHAPTER XV. FLOWERS
23. 23.CHAPTER XVI. FRUITS AND SEEDS
24. 24.CHAPTER XVII. THE TISSUES BUILDING UP THE PLANT BODY
25. 25.PART III. SPECIALISATION IN PLANTS — CHAPTER XVIII. FOR PROTECTION AGAINST LOSS OF WATER
26. 26.CHAPTER XIX. SPECIALISATION FOR CLIMBING
27. 27.CHAPTER XX. PARASITES
28. 28.CHAPTER XXI. PLANTS WHICH EAT INSECTS
29. 29.CHAPTER XXII. FLOWER STRUCTURES IN RELATION TO INSECTS
30. 30.PART IV. THE FIVE GREAT CLASSES OF PLANTS — INTRODUCTORY
31. 31.CHAPTER XXIII. FLOWERING PLANTS
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIV. THE PINE-TREE FAMILY
33. 33.CHAPTER XXV. FERNS AND THEIR RELATIVES
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVI. MOSSES AND THEIR RELATIVES
35. 35.CHAPTER XXVII. ALGÆ AND FUNGI
36. 36.PART V. PLANTS IN THEIR HOMES — CHAPTER XXVIII. HEDGES AND DITCHES
37. 37.CHAPTER XXIX. MOORLAND
38. 38.CHAPTER XXX. PONDS
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXI. ALONG THE SHORE
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXII. IN THE SEA
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXIII. PLANTS OF LONG AGO
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXIV. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND PLANTS
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXV. PLANT-MAPS
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXVI. EXCURSIONS AND COLLECTING
45. 45.INDEX
46. 46.FOOTNOTES — Transcriber's Note

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