Chapter 6: Plant Physiology

• The laws of vegetable life
• A seed in its dormant state
• Seeds in ripening
• Moisture and warmth for seed germination
• Plant foods and feeding
• Seed germination after softening
• Growth after seed germination
• Temperature for seed germination
• Malting barley seed
• Seed germination, plant growth and decay
• Cellular tissue
• The functions of the woody tissue of plants
• The vascular system in plants
• The functions of plant roots
• Sap in plants
• Composition of plant sap
• The accumulation of sap in plants
• The cause of the motion of the sap
• The pith in plants
• Functions of tree bark
• Medullary rays
• Plant woody material
• Plant leaves
• Leaf fall in autumn
• Uses of plant flowers
• Uses of plant fruits
• Preservation of fruits with limited oxygen
• Seed germination in light and dark
• The odours of plants
• The tastes of plants arise from sugar
• The vital principle of plants
• Plant diseases
• Plant hybridising
• Hybrid plants are generally sterile
• The cause of the sterility of mule plants
• Mule plant varieties
• Morphology or the gradual transmutation of leaves
• Stipulﾵ and bracteﾵ
• Metamorphosis of plants
• Metamorphoses of fruit
• Permanency of metamorphoses

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