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Page 71
... plant be placed in an atmosphere below 15 ° centigrade all sensibility is gone . 1 1 bogs and swamps , and derives but small nourishment ,. But even commoner instances of loco- motion amongst plants present themselves . In the deep ponds ...
... plant be placed in an atmosphere below 15 ° centigrade all sensibility is gone . 1 1 bogs and swamps , and derives but small nourishment ,. But even commoner instances of loco- motion amongst plants present themselves . In the deep ponds ...
Page 74
... plant with the sustenance which , from the nature of the soil , it would not otherwise obtain . In order to attract wingless insects into these tubes they are furnished almost to the root with a hon- eyed tract , up which animals such ...
... plant with the sustenance which , from the nature of the soil , it would not otherwise obtain . In order to attract wingless insects into these tubes they are furnished almost to the root with a hon- eyed tract , up which animals such ...
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... plant is " one of degree rather than of kind . " - This is a generalization to which all the investigations of recent years have pointed . The chemistry of the ultimate substance in which life inheres in both plant and animal is alike ...
... plant is " one of degree rather than of kind . " - This is a generalization to which all the investigations of recent years have pointed . The chemistry of the ultimate substance in which life inheres in both plant and animal is alike ...
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The Secret Chamber | 35 |
A Winter Reverie | 129 |
WHAT SHE CAME THROUGH By Sarah | 147 |
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