. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. 214 Flasiimciits ox Xati-kk specialised detachable shoots, which are its liveliest parts, and in whicii all the most active protoplasm and chlorophyll (or livinj4 <ireenstutf of the plant) are collect-xl and laid by, much as food is laid by in the bulb of a hyacinth or in the tuber of a dahlia. These shoots are, as it were, leafy bulbs,. j^-O. 3.—TMK CURLED roNll-WKKD I'RODUCING ITS WINTKR SHOOTS. meant to carry the life of the plant across the gulf of winter. In No. 4 we come upon the next act in this curious and inte
. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. 214 Flasiimciits ox Xati-kk specialised detachable shoots, which are its liveliest parts, and in whicii all the most active protoplasm and chlorophyll (or livinj4 <ireenstutf of the plant) are collect-xl and laid by, much as food is laid by in the bulb of a hyacinth or in the tuber of a dahlia. These shoots are, as it were, leafy bulbs,. j^-O. 3.—TMK CURLED roNll-WKKD I'RODUCING ITS WINTKR SHOOTS. meant to carry the life of the plant across the gulf of winter. In No. 4 we come upon the next act in this curious and interestini; vet;etable drama. Most people rcL^ard plants as mere rooted things, with no will of their own, and no power of 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. Toronto : W. Briggs
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