《AN INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY》

Ⅰ.THE SCOPE OF BOTANY.THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF PLANTS1

Ⅱ.THE SEED AND GERMINATION7

Ⅲ.THE SEED AND GERMINATION—contd.28

Ⅳ.THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF THE SEEDLING AND THE ASSO-CIATED GAIN IN DRY WEIGHT49

Ⅴ.THE ADULT VEGETATIVE SHOOT58

Ⅵ.THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE INDIVIDUAL PLANT68

Ⅶ.HERBACEOUS AND WOODY PERENNIALS76

Ⅷ.HERBACEOUS POLYCARPIC PERENNIALS.MONOCOTYLEDONS89

Ⅸ.THE WOODY PERENNIAL.Ⅰ114

Ⅹ.THE WOODY PERENNIAL.Ⅱ129

Ⅺ.THE BUD SCALE.AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PROBLEM OF LEAF SHAPE142

Ⅻ.THE INTERPRETATION OF LEAF SHAPE.THE GENERAL PROBLEM154

ⅩⅢ.THE ARRANGEMENT OF LEAVES ON THE STEM168

ⅩⅣ.AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MICROSCOPE174

ⅩⅤ.THE SHOOT APEX195

ⅩⅥ.THE STRUCTURE OF THE LEAF211

ⅩⅦ.METABOLISM.THE LEAF AS A CHEMICAL LABORATORY225

ⅩⅧ.THE CARBON ATOM.CARBOHYDRATES，FATS，PROTEINS232

ⅩⅨ.PHOTOSYNTHESIS258

ⅩⅩ.RESPIRATION.266

ⅩⅪ.EVAPORATION FROM THE LEAF280

ⅩⅫ.STEM STRUCTURE IN THE HERBACEOUS DICOTYLEDON.Ⅰ.292

ⅩⅩⅢ.STEM STRUCTURE IN THE HERBACEOUS DICOTYLEDON.Ⅱ.313

ⅩⅩⅣ.THE WOODY STEM.HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD327

ⅩⅩⅤ.THE RADIAL GROWTH OF THE TREE348

ⅩⅩⅥ.THE STRUCTURE OF THE MONOCOTYLEDON SHOOT367

ⅩⅩⅦ.GROWTH CURVATURES.THE ROOT SYSTEM379

ⅩⅩⅧ.THE STRUCTURE OF THE ROOT394

ⅩⅩⅨ.ENTRY OF WATER INTO THE ROOT.THE WATER BALANCE IN THE PLANT410

ⅩⅩⅩ.THE ENTRY OF INORGANIC SOLUTES.THEIR ROLE AND THEIR SUPPLY TO THE PLANT419

ⅩⅩⅪ.SPECIAL NUTRITION IN FLOWERING PLANTS432

ⅩⅩⅫ.FUNGI AS PARASITES AND SAPROPHYTES.STERILISATION AND THE TECHNIQUE OF PURE CULTURE448

ⅩⅩⅩⅢ.THE REPRODUCTIVE PHASE.THE FLOWER.THE STAMEN468

ⅩⅩⅩⅣ.THE CARPEL AND FERTILISATION482

ⅩⅩⅩⅤ.LIFE CYCLES THROUGHOUT THE PLANT KINGDOM.Ⅰ.NON-VASCUL.AR PLANTS.ALG？E AND MOSSES500

ⅩⅩⅩⅥ.LIFE CYCLES.Ⅱ.VASCULAR PLANTS.FERNS，GYMNOS-PERMS AND ANGIOSPERMS520

ⅩⅩⅩⅦ.THE NUCLEUS AND HEREDITY539

ⅩⅩⅩⅧ.BIOLOGY OF FLOWER AND FRUIT556

ⅩⅩⅩⅨ.PLANT CLASSIFICATION594

INDEX609