Plants And Their Children
By Frances Theodora Parsons
Length6h 14m
About this audiobook
Excerpt: "Through the neglect of nature study, the wits of the country child lose just the sharpening they most need, to say nothing of a stimulus and delight which can ill be spared by one whose mental life is apt to be monotonous. The wits of the city child may secure in other ways the sharpening so essential to success in life; yet the training afforded by a logical study of plants, and the pleasure which such a study, rightly directed, is sure to yield, are as invaluable to him as to his country cousin. Experience having proved to my keenest satisfaction that almost invariably children can be interested in stories of plants and their children, to the children of the land I offer this little book, in the earnest hope that its pages may lead at least some few of them to find in life a new joy and a deeper meaning."
Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature
Length6 hrs 14 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 5, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE
48HOW A PLANT STORES ITS FOOD
2Part I—Fruits and Seeds
49LEAF GREEN AND SUNBEAM
3IN THE ORCHARD
50PLANT OR ANIMAL?
4THE STORY OF THE BEE
51HOW WE ARE HELPED BY LEAF GREEN AND SUNBEAM
5THE APPLE’S TREASURES
52HOW A PLANT BREATHES
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6WHAT A PLANT LIVES FOR
53THE DILIGENT TREE
7THE WORLD WITHOUT PLANTS
54LEAVES AND ROOTS
8HOW THE APPLE SHIELDS ITS YOUNG
55LEAF VEINS
9SOME COUSINS OF THE APPLE
56LEAF SHAPES
10UNEATABLE FRUITS
57HAIRY LEAVES
11MORE COUSINS OF THE APPLE
58WOOLLY AND “DUSTY” LEAVES
12STILL MORE COUSINS
59PRICKLES AND POISON
13IN THE WOODS
60SOME CRUEL TRAPS
14WHY SEEDS TRAVEL
61MORE CRUEL TRAPS
15SOME LITTLE TRAMPS
62THE FALL OF THE LEAF
16SEED SAILBOATS
63Part VI—Flowers
17WINGED SEEDS
64THE BUILDING PLAN OF THE CHERRY BLOSSOM
18SHOOTING SEEDS
65LILIES
19THE CHESTNUT AND OTHER SEEDS
66ABOUT STAMENS
20SOME STRANGE STORIES
67FLOWER DUST, OR POLLEN
21Part II—Young Plants
68ABOUT PISTILS
22HOW THE BABY PLANT LIVES
69THE FIRST ARRIVAL
23A SCHOOLROOM GARDEN
70PUSSY WILLOWS
24A SCHOOLROOM GARDEN (Concluded)
71ALDERS AND BIRCHES
25SEEDS AS FOOD
72THE GREAT TREES
26AN IMPATIENT PLANT BABY
73THE UNSEEN VISITOR
27A HUMPBACKED PLANT BABY
74PLANT PACKAGES
28Part III—Roots and Stems
75UNDERGROUND STOREHOUSES
29ROOT HAIRS
76DIFFERENT BUILDING PLANS
30ROOTS AND UNDERGROUND STEMS
77A CELEBRATED FAMILY
31ABOVE-GROUND ROOTS
78CLEVER CUSTOMS
32WHAT FEW CHILDREN KNOW
79FLOWERS THAT TURN NIGHT INTO DAY
33PLANTS THAT CANNOT STAND ALONE
80HORRID HABITS
34SOME HABITS OF STEMS
81THE STORY OF THE STRAWBERRY
35STEMS AND SEED LEAVES
82A COUSIN OF THE STRAWBERRY
36“WELL DONE, LITTLE STEM”
83ANOTHER COUSIN
37Part IV—Buds
84PEA BLOSSOMS AND PEAS
38BUDS IN WINTER
85THE CLOVER’S TRICK
39A HAPPY SURPRISE
86MORE TRICKS
40SOME ASTONISHING BUDS
87AN OLD FRIEND
41Part V—Leaves
88THE LARGEST PLANT FAMILY IN THE WORLD
42HOW TO LOOK AT A LEAF
89ROBIN’S PLANTAIN, GOLDEN-ROD, AND ASTER
43THE MOST WONDERFUL THING IN THE WORLD
90THE LAST OF THE FLOWERS
44HOW A PLANT IS BUILT
91Part VII—Learning to See
45HOW A PLANT’S FOOD IS COOKED
92A BAD HABIT
46A STEEP CLIMB
93A COUNTRY ROAD
47HOW A PLANT PERSPIRES
94A HOLIDAY LESSON
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