...to the weather, would have resisted a strain of ten pounds!" Mr. Darwin thus concludes his paper : " It has often been vaguely asserted that plants are...animals by not having the power of movement. It should rather.be said that plants acquire and display this power only when it is of some advantage to them...

...kingdom of organic nature we contemplate, to live is to move. He blandly rebukes the vulgar notion that "plants are distinguished from animals by not having the power of movement," and still more modestly says that "plants acquire and display this power only when it is of some advantage...

...have this power, the conclusion is forced on us that the capacity of acquiring the revolving power on which most climbers depend, is inherent, though...undeveloped, in almost every plant in the vegetable kingdom. The author thus concluded his remarks : — The perfection of the organisation of plants is forced...

...Liliacece, Ferns, &c. ; from which he infers " that the capacity of acquiring the revolving power, on which most climbers depend, is inherent, though...undeveloped, in almost every plant in the vegetable kingdom." (p. 117.) Mr. Darwin somewhere throws out the remark that the larger number and the most perfectly...

...this power, the conclusion is forced on our minds that the capacity of acquiring the revolving-power on which most climbers depend is inherent, though...asserted that plants are distinguished from animals bynot having the power of movement. It should rather be said that plants acquire and display this power...

...longer wanted would decrease in size." He believes that the capacity of acquiring the revolving power on which most climbers depend is inherent, though...undeveloped, in almost every plant in the vegetable kingdom. Notwithstanding his peculiar views, which are so enticing to many, we must acknowledge that he is a...

...longer wanted would decrease iu size." He believes that the capacity of acquiring the revolving power on which most climbers depend is inherent, though...undeveloped, in almost every plant in the vegetable kingdom. Notwithstanding his peculiar views, which are so enticing to many, we must acknowledge that he is a...

...longer wanted would decrease in size." He believes that the capacity of acquiring the revolving power on which most climbers depend is inherent, though...undeveloped, in almost every plant in the vegetable kingdom. Notwithstanding his peculiar views, which are so enticing to many, we must acknowledge that he is a...

...bearers were primordially leaf- climbers. He believes that the capacity of acquiring the revolving power, on which most climbers depend, is inherent, though...undeveloped, in almost every plant in the vegetable kingdom.2 Whether this is so or not the student must determine for himself. Theory apart, the facts...

...of the orders which contain climbing plants, Mr. Darwin draws the conclusion that "the capacity of revolving, on which most climbers depend, is inherent,...undeveloped, in almost every plant in the vegetable kingdom "--a conclusion which seems to us strongly confirmed by the fact that sensitiveness and a slight power...