...to the weather, would have resisted a strain of ten pounds!" Mr. Darwin thus concludes his paper : " It has often been vaguely asserted that plants are...animals by not having the power of movement. It should rather.be said that plants acquire and display this power only when it is of some advantage to them...

...kingdom of organic nature we contemplate, to live is to move. He blandly rebukes the vulgar notion that "plants are distinguished from animals by not having the power of movement," and still more modestly says that "plants acquire and display this power only when it is of some advantage...

...power only when it is of some advantage to them ; but this is of comparatively rare occurrence, aa they are affixed to the ground, and food is brought to them by the wind and rain. \Ve see how high in the scale of organization a plant may rise when we look at one of...

...most climbers depend is inherent, though undeveloped, in almost every plant in the vegetable kingdom. It has often been vaguely asserted that plants are distinguished from animals bynot having the power of movement. It should rather be said that plants acquire and display this power...

...assertion that plants are distinguished from animals by their having no power of motion, is a fallacy. It should rather be said that plants acquire and display this power only when it is of advantage to them : but this is a comparatively rare occurrence, as they are affixed to the ground,...

...We may conclude our account of climbing plants with the following remarks by Mr. Darwin : — •" It has often been vaguely asserted that plants are...this power only when it is of some advantage to them, but that this is of comparatively rare occurrence, as they are affixed to the ground and food is brought...

...trees. "We may conclude our account of climbing plants with the following remarks by Mr. Darwin : " It has often been vaguely asserted that plants are...this power only when it is of some advantage to them, but that this is of comparatively rare occurrence, as they are affixed to the ground, and food is brought...

...most climbers depend, is inherent, though undeveloped, in almost every plant in the vegetable kingdom. It has often been vaguely asserted that plants are...rare occurrence, as they are affixed to the ground, aud food is brought to them by the air and rain. We see how high in the scale of organization a plant...

...spontaneous " power of motion of some plants and that possessed by animals, which he sums up as follows : — "It has often been vaguely asserted that plants are...and food is brought to them by the air and rain." In the present work Mr. Darwin makes'ample reference to the light that has been thrown on the habits...

...climbers depend, is inherent, though undeveloped, in almost every plant .in the vegetable kingdom. It has often been vaguely asserted that plants are...ground, and food is brought to them by the air and rain. We see how high in the scale of organization a plant may rise, when we look at one of the more perfect...