Plant-Life on Land
Considered in Some of its Biological Aspects

This 1911 volume contains a guide to land-based botany, with information on plant habitats, population and physiology.

F. O. Bower (Author)

9781107672871, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 22 March 2012

180 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 1.1 cm, 0.2 kg

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.

Subject Areas: Botany & plant sciences [PST]