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All the Year Round, Vol. 4: October 13 to March 23, 1861; Including No; 77 to No; 100

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Charles Dickens

All the Year Round, Vol. 4: October 13 to March 23, 1861; Including No; 77 to No; 100

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Excerpt from All the Year Round, Vol. 4: October 13 to March 23, 1861; Including No; 77 to No; 100Seas, also, have a great share in the trans mission of seeds. It is generally believed that seeds, when steeped in water, become corrupt and unfruitful, but this is a mistake. The water of the sea has seldom sufficient heat to destroy seeds. For the same reason, fields are some times covered with water during a whole winter, and yet the seeds with which they were sown remain in good condition.' Linnaeus thus describes the dissemination of the rose of Jericho. Nature has wonderfully endowed the anastatica: while its seeds are being ripened, the branches which surround the fruit contract and seize it as in a fist, so putting the seeds beyond the reach of birds. This lant growing upon the sandy shores of the Re Sea, is exposed to the fury of the' autumnal storms, when the sea beating violently upon the plant, seizes its fruit and' hurls it into the deep; but the following tides throw it back upon the sandy beach. Now, this fruit has the property of remaining uninjured by cold sea water, but when this last has become lukewarm (which takes place when the fruit is left on the sand), the fruit swells, the branches which unfold it relax, the seeds are poured out, and, finding all that is necessary for germination, send forth their roots, and soon cover the whole coast with their verdure.Some seeds when put into the earth germinate quickly, others more slowly; some even stay there a long and very variable time before they appear on the surface.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
ISBN
1333160097 / 9781333160098
Pages
630
Weight
28.8 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 1.3 in.

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