. A condensed botany;. Botany. HOW PLANTS GKOW. 89. GERMINATING PLANT. 142. The increase of a living thing in size and substance is called Growth. 143. If we examine a leaf, or any part of a plant, with a microscope of high power, we find that it is made up of Cells. These cells are from one-thirtieth to one-thousandth of an inch in diameter, commonly from -^ to tio" of an inch. Thus there are commonly, from twenty-seven million to one hundred and twenty-five million cells in a cubic Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally e


. A condensed botany;. Botany. HOW PLANTS GKOW. 89. GERMINATING PLANT. 142. The increase of a living thing in size and substance is called Growth. 143. If we examine a leaf, or any part of a plant, with a microscope of high power, we find that it is made up of Cells. These cells are from one-thirtieth to one-thousandth of an inch in diameter, commonly from -^ to tio" of an inch. Thus there are commonly, from twenty-seven million to one hundred and twenty-five million cells in a cubic Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sewall, Joseph Addison, 1830-1917. Chicago, G. Sherwood & co


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