Plant-Life on Land: Considered in Some of its Biological Aspects
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Revised ed., 3/22/2012
EAN 9781107672871, ISBN10: 1107672872
Paperback, 180 pages, 20.3 x 12.7 x 1 cm
Language: English
Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. Plant-Life on Land by F. O. Bower was first published in 1911. The volume contains a guide to land-based botany, with information on plant habitats, population and physiology.
1. Present-day botany - a contrast
2. The beach and rocks
3. The bracken fern
4. The flower and metamorphosis
5. Pollination and fertilisation
6. Fixity of position as a factor in the evolution of plants
7. Plant population
8. Sand dunes
9. Golf links
10. General outlook on the flora of the land
Index and glossary.