This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 Excerpt: ...who has attempted to prove this by comparative anatomical observations, except Professor Henslow, of Cambridge; who, in an excellent paper upon a hybrid Digitalis, investigated anatomically the condition of the stamens and pistil, both of his hybrid and its two parents, with great care and skill. The result of his ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 Excerpt: ...who has attempted to prove this by comparative anatomical observations, except Professor Henslow, of Cambridge; who, in an excellent paper upon a hybrid Digitalis, investigated anatomically the condition of the stamens and pistil, both of his hybrid and its two parents, with great care and skill. The result of his enquiry was, that no appreciable difference could be detected. CHAPTER VII. OF THE FRUIT. The fruit, which is mechanically destined as a mere protection to the seed, by which its race is to be maintained, is also, next to the wood, the most important part in the productions of vegetation. It constitutes the principal part of the food, especially in winter, of birds and small animals; it is often more ornamental than the flowers themselves, and it contributes most materially to the necessities and luxuries of mankind. When ripe, it falls from the plant, and, borne down by its weight, lies on the ground at the foot of the individual that produced it: here its seeds vegetate, when it decays, and a crop of new individuals arises from the base of the old one; but, as plants produced in such a manner would soon choke and destroy each other, nature has provided a multitude of ways for their greater dispersion. Many are carried to distant spots by the animals which eat them: others, provided with a sort of wings, such as the samara, and the pappus of Compositae, fly away upon the wind to seek a distant station; others scatter their seeds abroad by an explosion of the pericarp caused by a sudden contraction of the tissue; many, falling upon the surface of streams, are carried along by the current; while others are dispersed by a variety of methods which it would be tedious to enumerate. The fruit, during its growth, is supported at the expense of the sap g...
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None. Good Only. A scarce edition of An Introduction to Botany by the eminent English botanist John Lindley Illustrated with six copper-plates and numerous wood-engravings. The second edition, with corrections and numerous additions. In original cloth binding. Cracking to joints with backstrip lifting. Hinges are strained. Internally, a bit strained in places but pages are holding firm. Spotting to first and last few pages as is usual and some marks to fore-edge. Otherwise, pages are generally very clean and just marginally age-toned. Bookplate to front pastedown. Publisher's advertisements to front of text. Good Only.
