The Sagacity & Morality of Plants: A Sketch of the Life & Conduct of the Vegetable KingdomChatto & Windus, 1891 - 311 pages |
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A. B. GROSART abundant adapted adopted animals ants Arctic Arum attractive birds botanical botanist bracts British buds bulb carbonic acid carpels cells character CHARLES CHATTO cleistogamic climbing cloth extra cloth limp cluster colour common Crown 8vo Demy 8vo developed devices Dodder Drosera Edited Fcap fertilised flies floral organs flowering plants flowers Fly-trap forest Frontispiece fruits gardens genus geological Grant Allen Grasses green grow habit hairs half-bound illustrated boards individual insects kinds Lathyrus nissolia latter leaf leaf-buds leaves living Love mammals Mistletoe natural NOVELS Orchids order of plants parasites perhaps petals PICCADILLY picture cover pistils pitcher POEMS poisonous pollen pollen-grains Portrait possess Post 8vo produced protect remarkable roots secretion seeds seen self-fertilisation shape shrubs soil specialised species stamens stem stomata STORIES structure succulent Sundew surface tendrils Three Vols tion tissues trees tropical usually vegetable kingdom whilst wild wind-fertilised woody