 ... thin branches were tossed to and fro by the wind, the tendrils, had they not been excessively elastic, would instantly have been torn off and the plant thrown prostrate. But as it was, the Bryony safely rode out the gale, like a ship with two anchors...  The American Naturalist - Page 3551871Full view - About this book
 | 1870 - 726 lehte
...excessively elastic, would have been instantly torn off and the plant prostrated. But at it was the bryony safely rode out the gale, like a ship with two anchors down, and a long range of cable ahead, to serve as a spring on which she surges the ocean." Mr. Darwin tell sthat... | |
 | 1866 - 460 lehte
...elastic, would have been instantly torn off and the plant thrown prostrate. But as it was, the Bryony safely rode out the gale, like a ship with two anchors down and a long range of cable ahead, to serve as a spring as she surges to the storm." Moreover, while unattached... | |
 | 1871 - 812 lehte
...kinds of plants if they catch nothing, contract after an interval of several Fig. 90. Woodbine. days or weeks into a close spire. A few contract into a...like a ship with two anchors down, and with a long rauge of cable ahead to serve as a spring as she surges to the storm. When an uncaught tendril contracts... | |
 | Robert Brown - 1874 - 644 lehte
...The tendrils are thus made highly elastic, so that a plant with this coiled tendril can "safely ride out the gale, like a ship with two anchors down, and...to serve as a spring as she surges to the storm." A tendril which is uncaught contracts spirally always in the same direction from tip to base ; while,... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1875 - 400 lehte
...elastic, would instantly have been torn off and the plant thrown prostrate. But as it was, the Bryony safely rode out the gale, like a ship with two anchors...serve as a spring as she surges to the storm. When an unattached tendril contracts spirally, the spire always runs in the same direction from tip to base.... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1876 - 242 lehte
...elastic, would instantly have been torn off and the plant thrown prostrate. But as it was, the Bryony safely rode out the gale, like a ship with two anchors...serve as a spring as she surges to the storm. When an unattached tendril contracts spirally, the spire always runs in the same direction from tip to se.... | |
 | Lady Frances Parthenope Verney - 1877 - 282 lehte
...excessively elastic they would have been torn off, and the plant thrown prostrate. As it was, the Bryony safely rode out the gale, like a ship with two anchors...to serve as a spring as she surges to the storm." He might even have added that it has the advantage of the new chain over the old hemp cables, the play... | |
 | S. Stackhouse - 1877 - 136 lehte
...tendrils had not been excessively elastic they would instantly have been torn off. As it was, the Bryony safely rode out the gale, like a ship with two anchors down and a long range of cable ahead to serve as a spring as she surges to the storm. When an unattached tendril... | |
 | 1880 - 900 lehte
...hedge, and how, in spite of the violent wind which tossed the branches of the plant about, the bryony safely rode out the gale, " like a ship with two anchors...to serve as a spring as she surges to the storm." It may also serve to divide the weight which has to be supported equally among a number of tendrils... | |
 | James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1880 - 442 lehte
...hedge, and how, in spite of the violent wind which tossed the branches of the plant about, the bryony safely rode out the gale, ' like a ship with two anchors...to serve as a spring as she surges to the storm.' It may also serve to divide the weight which has to be supported equally among a number of tendrils... | |
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