. Elements of botany. Plants. 202 ELEMENTS OF BOTANY. Floating on water is not, in temperate climates, as obvious and important a means of carriage as that by means of the wind, but it is often of great value, and in the case of the cocoanut, with its light fibrous husk and waterproof shell, serves to secure carriage for thousands of miles. It is inter-. FlG. 184. —Portion of a Braucli of " Russian ; esting to notice that the first trees which appear on a coral island, when it emerges above water high enough to support the growth of trees at all, are cocoa palms, sprung from
. Elements of botany. Plants. 202 ELEMENTS OF BOTANY. Floating on water is not, in temperate climates, as obvious and important a means of carriage as that by means of the wind, but it is often of great value, and in the case of the cocoanut, with its light fibrous husk and waterproof shell, serves to secure carriage for thousands of miles. It is inter-. FlG. 184. —Portion of a Braucli of " Russian ; esting to notice that the first trees which appear on a coral island, when it emerges above water high enough to support the growth of trees at all, are cocoa palms, sprung from cocoanuts which have floated perhaps half across the South Pacific 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; Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917. Bergen's Botany: key and flora, Pacific coast ed. Boston : Ginn
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