| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| I | [The Staff of Life] | 3 |
| II | [The History of Tobacco] | 11 |
| III | [The Origin of Fertile Soil] | 16 |
| IV | [Different Kinds of Soil] | 21 |
| V | [Different Kinds of Soil (Continued)] | 25 |
| VI | [Potash and Phosphorus] | 30 |
| VII | [Phosphates and Nitrogen] | 35 |
| VIII | [Vegetation and the Atmosphere] | 42 |
| IX | [Lime] | 47 |
| X | [Lime in Agriculture] | 52 |
| XI | [Plaster of Paris] | 56 |
| XII | [Plaster of Paris in Agriculture] | 60 |
| XIII | [Natural Fertilizers—Guano] | 65 |
| XIV | [The Stalk of the Plant] | 70 |
| XV | [The Root] | 74 |
| XVI | [Buds] | 80 |
| XVII | [Adventitious Buds] | 84 |
| XVIII | [Bulbs and Bulblets] | 89 |
| XIX | [Tubers—Starch] | 93 |
| XX | [Uses of Starch] | 98 |
| XXI | [History of the Potato] | 102 |
| XXII | [Ascending Sap] | 107 |
| XXIII | [Descending Sap] | 112 |
| XXIV | [Tree-Pruning] | 116 |
| XXV | [Pinching—Bud-Nipping] | 120 |
| XXVI | [Making Fruit Trees Bear] | 124 |
| XXVII | [The Seed] | 129 |
| XXVIII | [The Seed’s Food-Supply] | 134 |
| XXIX | [Germination] [[vi]] | 138 |
| XXX | [The Blossom] | 144 |
| XXXI | [Pollen] | 150 |
| XXXII | [The Grain of Wheat] | 155 |
| XXXIII | [Cultivated Plants] | 159 |
| XXXIV | [Different Ways of Propagating] | 165 |
| XXXV | [Layering] | 170 |
| XXXVI | [Slipping] | 178 |
| XXXVII | [Grafting] | 184 |
| XXXVIII | [Grafting (Continued)] | 190 |
| XXXIX | [Grafting (Concluded)] | 197 |
| XL | [Rotation of Crops] | 202 |
| XLI | [Rotation of Crops (Continued)] | 208 |
| XLII | [Land-Drainage] | 214 |
| XLIII | [Paring and Burning] | 219 |
| XLIV | [Wine-Making] | 223 |
| XLV | [The Stag-Beetle] | 228 |
| XLVI | [Sheath-Winged Insects] | 235 |
| XLVII | [The June-Bug] | 242 |
| XLVIII | [Caterpillars and Butterflies] | 249 |
| XLIX | [Ants] | 256 |
| L | [The Ant-Lion] | 264 |
| LI | [Venomous Animals] | 271 |
| LII | [The Phylloxera] | 279 |
| LIII | [The Phylloxera (Continued)] | 288 |
| LIV | [Nocturnal Birds of Prey] | 295 |
| LV | [The Smaller Birds] | 300 |
| LVI | [Birds’ Nests] | 305 |
| LVII | [Migration of Birds] | 317 |
| LVIII | [Carrier-Pigeons] | 322 |
| LIX | [Some Prehistoric Animals] | 328 |
| LX | [The Origin of Coal] | 336 |
| LXI | [The Farmer’s Helpers] | 342 |
| LXII | [The Farmer’s Helpers (Continued)] | 348 |