. Foundations of botany. Botany; Botany. 380 FOUNDATIONS OB" BOTANY 450. Study of Transportation by Waterâ Nothing less than a long series of observations by the pond-margin and the brookside will suffice to show how general and impor-. FiG. 269. â Tumbleweeds ^ lodged against a Wire Pence in Winter. tant is the work done by water in canying the seeds of aquatics. An experiment will, however, throw some light on the subject. EXPERIMENT XL Adaptation for Transportation by Water. â Collect fruits of as many aquatic, semi-aquatic, or riverside and brookside species of plants as possible, pla
. Foundations of botany. Botany; Botany. 380 FOUNDATIONS OB" BOTANY 450. Study of Transportation by Waterâ Nothing less than a long series of observations by the pond-margin and the brookside will suffice to show how general and impor-. FiG. 269. â Tumbleweeds ^ lodged against a Wire Pence in Winter. tant is the work done by water in canying the seeds of aquatics. An experiment will, however, throw some light on the subject. EXPERIMENT XL Adaptation for Transportation by Water. â Collect fruits of as many aquatic, semi-aquatic, or riverside and brookside species of plants as possible, place them on shallow pans of water and notice â what proportion of aU the kinds studied will float. Leave them twenty-four hours or more and see whether all the kinds that floated at first are still afloat. Some desirable fruits for this experiment 1 Amarantus 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 Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917; Eastwood, Alice, 1859-1953. Boston, Ginn & Co.
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