Talks afield about plants and the science of plants;

L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey

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THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS GIFT OF Mrs. JOSEPH Sr.C. SHIM, TALKS AFIELD ABOUT PLANTS AND THE SCIENCE OF PLANTS BY L. H. BAILEY, JR. BOSTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANYHOUGHTON, New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street fltfe fitoergi&e$re& Cambridge 1885 UNIVERSITY OF CAL DAVIS Copyright, 1885, BY L. H. JR.BAILEY, All reserved. rights The Riverside : Press, Cambridge and H..ectrotyped printed 0. andby Houghton Company. volumeTHE author has written this little desire a concise andfor those who popular fea-account of some of the externalleading of commontures plants. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. THE have beenfollowing figures copied by permis- "sion from Holt & Co. :Bessey's Botany/' Henry and the of 41 and44, 60, 61, 42larger portions ; and the from Wood's A. S.following "Botanies," Barnes & Co.: and 58.24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 34, 48, CONTENTS. PAGE 1INTRODUCTORY THE LEADING SUBDIVISIONS OF THE VEGETABLE 4KINGDOM 6Fungi 15Sea-WeedsAlgae Lichens 19 Mosses 21 Ferns 23 THE FEATURESSOME OF MOST INTERESTING OF FLOWERING PLANTS. THE FLOWER 29 THE STEM 36 THE . .CLASSIFICATION OF FLOWERING PLANTS 41 THE ROSE FAMILY 54 THE COMPOSITE FAMILY 60 A PEEP AT THE INSIDE 68 THE SEXES OF PLANTS 77 CROSS-FERTILIZATION 81 HIDDEN FLOWERS 94 THE ARRANGEMENT 98OF LEAVES THE COMPASS-PLANT 104 How SOME PLANTS GET UP IN THE WORLD . . 106 CARNIVOROUS PLANTS 118 THE SMALLEST OF FLOWERING PLANTS . . . 130 WITCH-HAZEL 133 A THISTLE HEAD 136 vi CONTENTS.

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• Botany

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• Langue: English
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THE LIBRARY
OF
THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA
DAVIS
GIFT OF
Mrs. JOSEPH Sr.C. SHIM,TALKS AFIELD
ABOUT PLANTS AND THE SCIENCE
OF PLANTS
BY
L. H. BAILEY, JR.
BOSTON
MIFFLIN AND COMPANYHOUGHTON,
New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street
fltfe fitoergi&e$re& Cambridge
1885
UNIVERSITY OF CAL
DAVISCopyright, 1885,
BY L. H. JR.BAILEY,
All reserved.
rights
The Riverside :
Press, Cambridge
and H..ectrotyped printed 0. andby Houghton Company.volumeTHE author has written this little
desire a concise andfor those who popular
fea-account of some of the externalleading
of commontures plants.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
THE have beenfollowing figures copied by permis-
"sion from Holt & Co. :Bessey's Botany/' Henry
and the of 41 and44, 60, 61, 42larger portions ;
and the from Wood's A. S.following "Botanies,"
Barnes & Co.: and 58.24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 34, 48,