The Sagacity & Morality of Plants: A Sketch of the Life & Conduct of the Vegetable KingdomChatto and Windus, 1884 - 311 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 21
Page 46
... climbing habits have been acquired . The devices thus developed undoubtedly partake of the character we should call sagacious if animals had displayed them . What shall we term them when they are possessed by plants ? - Look at our ...
... climbing habits have been acquired . The devices thus developed undoubtedly partake of the character we should call sagacious if animals had displayed them . What shall we term them when they are possessed by plants ? - Look at our ...
Page 47
... climbing plants wrap round the largest of tree- trunks , twist themselves in and about the arboreal foliage , and ... climbed by , it throws out branches with ordinary round stems and leaves like other plants - just as if it had not ...
... climbing plants wrap round the largest of tree- trunks , twist themselves in and about the arboreal foliage , and ... climbed by , it throws out branches with ordinary round stems and leaves like other plants - just as if it had not ...
Page 48
... climbing ; and the faculty is now in- stinctive , as doubtless would be the habits of athletes if a thousand generations of them were confined to such a mode of life . Wallace mentions one of the most extraordinary of the Bauhinias he ...
... climbing ; and the faculty is now in- stinctive , as doubtless would be the habits of athletes if a thousand generations of them were confined to such a mode of life . Wallace mentions one of the most extraordinary of the Bauhinias he ...
Page 49
... climbs by of any nourishment or sap - notwithstanding prejudice to the contrary . We doubt whether the Ivy is not often ... climbing . species of Fig ( Ficus repens ) in the East Indies so far departs from the habits of its fellows as to ...
... climbs by of any nourishment or sap - notwithstanding prejudice to the contrary . We doubt whether the Ivy is not often ... climbing . species of Fig ( Ficus repens ) in the East Indies so far departs from the habits of its fellows as to ...
Page 50
... climbing . Whilst numerous species of weak - stemmed plants thus raise themselves to a greater height , and put themselves into a better position , by adopting one particular kind of device , we find others which have succeeded in ...
... climbing . Whilst numerous species of weak - stemmed plants thus raise themselves to a greater height , and put themselves into a better position , by adopting one particular kind of device , we find others which have succeeded in ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
A. B. GROSART abundant adapted adopted animals ants Arctic attractive birds botanical botanist bracts British buds bulb carbonic acid carpels cells CHARLES climbing cloth extra cloth gilt cloth limp cluster colour common cover Crown 8vo Demy 8vo developed devices Dodder Drosera Edited Fcap Ferns fertilised flies floral organs flowering plants flowers Fly-trap forest Frontispiece fruits Garden genus geological Grant Allen Grasses green grow habit hairs HENRY Illus illustrated boards individual insects kinds Lathyrus nissolia latter leaf leaf-buds leaves living Mistletoe natural Novels numerous Illustrations Orchids order of plants Original parasites perhaps petals PICCADILLY NOVELS pistils pitcher Poems poisonous pollen pollen-grains Portrait possess Post 8vo produced protect remarkable roots secretion seeds shrubs soil specialised species Square 8vo stamens stem stomata Stories structure succulent Sundew surface tendrils THOMAS Three Vols tion tissues trated boards trations trees tropical usually vegetable kingdom whilst wild wind-fertilised woody
Popular passages
Page 25 - Walton and Cotton's Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
Page 13 - Jennings' The Rosicrucians : Their Rites and Mysteries. With Chapters on the Ancient Fire and Serpent Worshippers. By HARGRAVE JENNINGS. With Five fullpage Plates and upwards of 300 Illustrations.
Page 14 - Charles) : Their Poems, Letters, and Remains. With Reminiscences and Notes by W. CAREW HAZLITT. With HANCOCK'S Portrait of the Essayist, Facsimiles of the Title-pages of the rare First Editions of Lamb's and Coleridge's Works, and numerous Illustrations. " Very many passages will delight those fond of literary trifles; hardly any portion will fail in interest for lovers of Charles Lamb and his sister.
Page 8 - Emanuel. — On Diamonds and Precious Stones : their History, Value, and Properties ; with Simple Tests for ascertaining their Reality. By HARRY EMANUEL, FRGS With numerous Illustrations, tinted and plain. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 6s.
Page 1 - Post 8vo, cloth limp, 2s. 6d. Advertising, A History of, from the Earliest Times. Illustrated by Anecdotes, Curious Specimens, and Notices of Successful Advertisers. By HENRY SAMPSON. Crown 8vo, with Coloured Frontispiece and Illustrations, cloth gilt, 7s. 6d. Agony Column (The) of " The Times,
Page 18 - RANKING. Pascal's Provincial Letters. A New Translation, with Historical Introduction and Notes, by T. M'CRIE, DD, LL.D.
Page 20 - Our Place among Infinities : A Series of Essays contrasting our Little Abode in Space and Time with the Infinities Around us.
Page 17 - Miller.— Physiology for the Young; Or, The House of Life : Human Physiology, with its application to the Preservation of Health. For use in Classes and Popular Reading. With numerous Illustrations. By Mrs. F. FENWICK MILLER. "An admirable introduction to a subject which all who value health and enjoy life should have at their fingers
Page 14 - Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations, js. 6d, Life in London; or, The History of Jerry Hawthorn and Corinthian Tom. With the whole of CRUIKSHANK'S Illustrations, in Colours, after the Originals. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 6s. Lights on the Way : Some Tales within a Tale. By the latej. H. ALEXANDER, BA Edited, with an Explanatory Note, by HA PAGE, Author of " Thoreau : A Study." Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations, js. 6d. Longfellow's Complete Prose Works. Including "Outre Mer,
Page 21 - Coloured Frontispiece and many Illustrations. The Secret Out : One Thousand Tricks with Cards, and other Recreations ; with Entertaining Experiments in Drawing-room or "White Magic.