The Sagacity & Morality of Plants: A Sketch of the Life & Conduct of the Vegetable KingdomChatto & Windus, 1891 - 311 pages |
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... botanical curiosities , such as aborted organs or higher - developed ones , tendencies to " sport " in a certain kind of way , etc . , - all of which , by the sidelights thrown upon them by the IO SAGACITY AND MORALITY OF PLANTS .
... botanical curiosities , such as aborted organs or higher - developed ones , tendencies to " sport " in a certain kind of way , etc . , - all of which , by the sidelights thrown upon them by the IO SAGACITY AND MORALITY OF PLANTS .
Page 11
... aborted and degraded leaves - that a leaf is a much more highly - organised vegetable produc- tion than a petal ! Yet such a statement is quite correct . Leaf - buds can be changed at will into flower - buds , as every gardener knows ...
... aborted and degraded leaves - that a leaf is a much more highly - organised vegetable produc- tion than a petal ! Yet such a statement is quite correct . Leaf - buds can be changed at will into flower - buds , as every gardener knows ...
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... aborted and modified to serve a use alto- gether outside the individual wellbeing of the plant which produces them . Nay , in many instances , as we shall see further on , flowers are often produced at a great physiological expense ...
... aborted and modified to serve a use alto- gether outside the individual wellbeing of the plant which produces them . Nay , in many instances , as we shall see further on , flowers are often produced at a great physiological expense ...
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... aborted leaves , although , since flowers came into existence , and have had to adapt themselves to their organic and inorganic surroundings , they have done the best they could with them , and even converted and modified their ...
... aborted leaves , although , since flowers came into existence , and have had to adapt themselves to their organic and inorganic surroundings , they have done the best they could with them , and even converted and modified their ...
Page 72
... aborted ; those of the Wild Thyme ( Thymus serpyllum ) are often to be found in the same condition . These facts prove that the altera- tion and adaptation of flowers to their sur- roundings is still go- ing on . In the sedges · FIG ...
... aborted ; those of the Wild Thyme ( Thymus serpyllum ) are often to be found in the same condition . These facts prove that the altera- tion and adaptation of flowers to their sur- roundings is still go- ing on . In the sedges · FIG ...
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aborted abundant adapted adopted Alpine anemophilous animals ants Arctic Arum Arum maculatum attractive bear birds Bladderworts botanical botanist bracts branches British buds bulb Butterwort carbonic acid carpels cells cleistogamic climate climbing cluster colour common conspicuous contrivance Daisy developed devices Dodder Drosera evolved Ferns fertilised flies floral organs flowering plants fluid Fly-trap forest fruits genus geological Grant Allen Grasses green ground grow growth habit hairs herbaceous individual insects instance Lathyrus nissolia latter leaf leaf-buds leaf-stalks leaves living mammals Miocene Mistletoe Nepenthes Nettle Orchids order of plants organised parasites perhaps Period petals pistils pitcher poisonous pollen pollen-grains possess produced protect Ranunculacea Ranunculus remarkable roots Sarracenias secretion seeds seen self-fertilisation shape showing shrubs soil specialised species stamens stamens and pistils stem stomata structure succulent Sundew surface tannin tendrils thorns tion tissues trees tropical usually vegetable kingdom whilst wild wind-fertilised woody