LIFE-FORMS OF PLANTS. Edward Clodd 975 CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS. Louis Figuier 984 FRUITS AND SEEDS. Lord Avebury 1002 LEAVES. R. Lloyd Praeger 1016 WIND-FERTILIZED FLOWERS. Alexander S. Wilson 1027 MOVEMENTS OF PLANTS. David Robertson 1037 MOVEMENT IN PLANTS. Charles Darwin 1045 FLOWER COLORATION. Alexander S. Wilson 1061 QUEER FLOWERS. Grant Allen 1068 ATHENA IN THE EARTH. John Ruskin 1077 PROGRESS OF CULTIVATION. Alphonse de Candolle 1091 VEGETABLE MIMICRY AND HOMOMORPHISM. Alexander S. Wilson 1099 THE BAMBOO AND PLANT GROWTH. R. Camper Day 1114 THE REIGN OF EVERGREENS. Grant Allen 1125 OUR MICROSCOPIC FOES. A. Winkelried Williams 1131 FOREST FORMATIONS. M. J. Schleiden 1135 THE HIGH WOODS. Charles Kingsley 1146 MILK-SAP PLANTS. M. J. Schleiden 1161 NUTS. Grant Allen 1174 THE CACTUS TRIBE. M. J. Schleiden 1180 FUNGI. Hugh Macmillan 1189 FAIRY RINGS. A. B. Steele 1204 LICHENS. Hugh Macmillan 1208 MOSSES. Hugh Macmillan 1220 EUROPEAN SEA-WEEDS. P. Martin Duncan 1230 SARGASSUM. Cuthbert Collingwood 1263 GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 1269 THE STORY OF THE UNIVERSE (VOLUME THREE) THE STORY OF THE UNIVERSE THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM --DAVID ROBERTSON There is perhaps scarcely any science that can be more within the reach of the means of the humblest student than the science of botany. A pocket lens, a sharp penknife, and a book descriptive of the flora of the district or country where one lives will form a sufficient equipment to enable the student to name and classify whatever plants he may meet with in his rambles in search of them.