Part 2

W. S. F.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. INTRODUCTION--GENERAL CHARACTERS OF PLANTS AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF FLOWERS 1

II. THE POLLINATION AND FERTILISATION OF FLOWERS 25

III. CLIMBING PLANTS 30

IV. EARLY SPRING 39

V. WOODS AND THICKETS IN SPRING 48

VI. THE SPRING-FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS OF WOODS, THICKETS, AND HEDGEROWS 61

VII. WAYSIDES AND WASTES IN SPRING 81

VIII. MEADOWS, FIELDS, AND PASTURES--SPRING 108

IX. BOGS, MARSHES, AND WET PLACES IN SPRING 123

X. WOODS AND THICKETS IN SUMMER 130

XI. WASTES AND WAYSIDES IN SUMMER 151

XII. WASTES AND WAYSIDES IN SUMMER--COMPOSITE FLOWERS 175

XIII. WASTES AND WAYSIDES IN SUMMER--continued 190

XIV. MEADOWS, FIELDS, AND PASTURES--SUMMER 211

XV. BOGS, MARSHES, AND WET PLACES--SUMMER 236

XVI. ON HEATH, DOWN, AND MOOR 257

XVII. IN THE CORN FIELD 281

XVIII. ON THE CHALK 296

XIX. BY THE RIVER SIDE 312

XX. ON WALLS, ROCKS, AND STONY PLACES 318

XXI. FIELD AND WAYSIDE IN AUTUMN 328

XXII. AUTUMN IN THE WOODS 331

XXIII. PARASITIC PLANTS 340

XXIV. CARNIVOROUS PLANTS 350

LIST OF FLOWERS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THEIR HABITATS AND HABITS 359