. The testimony of the rocks; . no existing representatives; and in this class the fossil botanist finds puzzles and en-igmas with which hitherto atleast he has been able to dealwith only indifferent is a view, however, suf-ficiently simple, which may befound somewhat to lessen, ifnot altogether remove, the dif-ficulty. INature does not dwellwillingly in mediocrity; andso in aU ages she as certainlyproduced trees, or plants oftree-like proportions and bulk,as she did minute shrubs andherbs. In not a few of theexisting orders and families,such as the Rosaceae, the Le-guminosae, th
. The testimony of the rocks; . no existing representatives; and in this class the fossil botanist finds puzzles and en-igmas with which hitherto atleast he has been able to dealwith only indifferent is a view, however, suf-ficiently simple, which may befound somewhat to lessen, ifnot altogether remove, the dif-ficulty. INature does not dwellwillingly in mediocrity; andso in aU ages she as certainlyproduced trees, or plants oftree-like proportions and bulk,as she did minute shrubs andherbs. In not a few of theexisting orders and families,such as the Rosaceae, the Le-guminosae, the Myrtacese, andmany others, we have plantsof all sizes, from the creeping Fig. 22,.
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