. Our woodland trees . Trees; Trees. CHAPTER V. DEVELOPMENT. jj|j^,',r^>''^|)^- ROM the embryo plant to the per- â ^(ffi!=JlJ*^ f ected Tree, the ^successive stages of growth are accomplished in varying degrees of rapidity. The causes which promote a more rapid rate of growth in some species of plants than in others are amongst the mysterious facts relating to the development of vegetable life. We can, more easUy, ascertain the reasons for the dif- ference in the rate of progress in different indi- viduals of the same species; for they mostly arise from differing degrees of vigour, or from
. Our woodland trees . Trees; Trees. CHAPTER V. DEVELOPMENT. jj|j^,',r^>''^|)^- ROM the embryo plant to the per- â ^(ffi!=JlJ*^ f ected Tree, the ^successive stages of growth are accomplished in varying degrees of rapidity. The causes which promote a more rapid rate of growth in some species of plants than in others are amongst the mysterious facts relating to the development of vegetable life. We can, more easUy, ascertain the reasons for the dif- ference in the rate of progress in different indi- viduals of the same species; for they mostly arise from differing degrees of vigour, or from more or less favourable conditions of growth. But if we subject two young Trees of different species, each E. 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 Heath, Francis George, 1843-1913. London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
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