E. STENHOUSE.


CONTENTS.

PART I. PLANT LIFE.
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I.Seeds and their Early Stages of Growth,[ 1]
II.How a Green Plant Feeds,[26]
III.The Forms and Duties of Leaves,[37]
IV.Buds. The History of a Twig,[55]
V.How Stems do their Work,[67]
VI.Some Common Flowers,[88]
VII.Grasses,[125]
VIII.Common Forest Trees,[140]
IX.Fruits: How Seeds are Scattered,[165]
X.Ferns and Horsetails,[183]
XI.Mosses, Mushrooms, and Moulds,[199]

PART II. ANIMAL LIFE.
XII.The Rabbit: A Typical Mammal,[211]
XIII.How a Rabbit Lives,[222]
XIV.Some other Mammals,[246]
XV.The Pigeon: A Typical Bird,[265]
XVI.The Development and Education of the Chick,[282]
XVII.Some Familiar British Birds,[301]
XVIII.Frogs and Tadpoles,[332]
XIX.The Habits and Life-Histories of Common Insects,[349]
XX.Some Crustaceans, Molluscs, and Worms,[372]
XXI.Field-Work. The School Journey,[388]
Monthly Nature Calendar,[400]

PART I. PLANT LIFE

CHAPTER I.
SEEDS AND THEIR EARLY STAGES OF GROWTH.