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Preface; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the fifth edition; 1. Introductory; Section I. The Functions of Plant Organs. The Food of Plants: 2. The chemistry of nutrition; 3. Nutrition: the leaf; 4. Conveyance and storage of food; 5. Twofold use of food: growth and respiration; 6. Transpiration; 7. The work of the root; 8. How root-hairs absorb water. Osmosis; 9. The mineral food of plants; 10. The balance of functions. Adaptation; Section II. Form and Structure: 11. Internal structure or anatomy; 12. Special forms and functions; Section III. Reproduction: 13. The flower; 14. Fruits; 15. Seeds and seedlings; 16. Fertilisation and the development of the seed; 17. The conditions of germination and growth; Section IV. The Classification of Plants: 18. Evolution and the principles of classification; 19. Some other families; 20. General survey; Section V. Plants in Relation to their Environment: 21. ’Fitness’; 22. Trees; 23. Climbing plants; 24. Water-plants; 25. The distribution of plants and the factors which govern it; Supplement. Seedless Plants: 26. Algae; 27. Fungi; 28. Mosses and liverworts (bryophyta); 29. Pteridophyta; Index.

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