. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. 34 Flashlights on Nature > !' â (;/â danella has collected its material deliberately as fuel, and uses it up on purpose to melt its passage. It absorbs oxygen from the air below the snow, combines it with the fuels in its own substance, evolves heat from their combination, and begins to send up its nodding flower-buds through the icy sheet that spreads '"'â 'â ;;:;â¢',:;'^'';. ': â¢' â .": ⢠'^j-, '. abovc it. /â ^;Cyv;i:*^^^^^^^^ The warmth the plant obtains by this curious process of slow internal combus-
. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. 34 Flashlights on Nature > !' â (;/â danella has collected its material deliberately as fuel, and uses it up on purpose to melt its passage. It absorbs oxygen from the air below the snow, combines it with the fuels in its own substance, evolves heat from their combination, and begins to send up its nodding flower-buds through the icy sheet that spreads '"'â 'â ;;:;â¢',:;'^'';. ': â¢' â .": ⢠'^j-, '. abovc it. /â ^;Cyv;i:*^^^^^^^^ The warmth the plant obtains by this curious process of slow internal combus- tion it first em- ploys to melt a little round hole in the ice for its arched fiower- buds (No. 2). At the beginning, the hollow which is 8i^' formed above each pair of buds is hemispherical or dome-shaped; the stem pushes its way up through a dome of air enclosed in the ice; and the water it liberates trickles down to the root, thus helping to supply moisture for further growth with its consequent heating. But by-and- by the stem lengthens, and the bud is raised to a considerable height by its continuous NO. 2.âBUD BEGINNING TO MELT ITS WAY UP THROUGH ICE IN A DOME- SHAPED 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 Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. London : G. Newnes
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