Agricultural botany, theoretical and practical / by John Percival.

  • John Percival
Date:
1900
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Credit: Agricultural botany, theoretical and practical / by John Percival. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PART II. INTERNAL MORPHOLOGY ANATOMY). CHAPTER IX. Thf. plant cell: Cell-division: Tissues . The cell, 105: Cell-division; Continuity of protoplasm, 110; Tissues, hi. X. The anatomy of the stem, root and leaf The herbaceous stems of dicotyledons, 113 ; The perennial woody stems of dicotyledons, 122; Stems of monocotyledons. 136; The root, 140; The green foliage-leaf, 144; 'I'he growing-points of stems and roots, 148, PART III. PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS. XI. The chemical composition of plants Carbohydrates, 155; Fats and fixed oils, 163; Volatile or essential oils, 163; Organic acids, 164; Proteids or Albuminoids, 165; Amides, 166; Alkaloids, 166. XII. The composition of plants (continued0 The elementary constituents of plants, 167; Water-culture, 168 ; Essential elementary constituents of plants, 170; Non-essential elementary constituents, 174. XIII. Osmosis; absorption of water . Osmosis, 176; Absorption of water, 181 ; Root pressure ; 'bleed- ing ’ of plants, 185. XIV. Transpiration ..... Transpiration, 190; Transpiration-current, 197. XV. The absorption of food-materials Food and food-materials, 200; Food-materials and their ab- sorption, 201. XVI. ‘Carbon-fixation,’ ‘Assimilation’ or ‘Photo- synthesis’ . . I’ACtE 104 '>3 ‘52 16 7 176 190 200 207
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