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Excerpt from Some Nature Biographies: Plant-Insect-Marine-MineralOn the side of plant life, Chapter II. Contains a series of pictures illustrating an original idea, which, in working out photographically, is not so simple as at first it may seem to be. And, again, The Story of a Landscape during Twelve Months is a conception that I do not think has ever before been depicted photographically.As I have already stated, the volume is largely the outcome of observations that I have personally made from time to time upon the actual organisms with which I deal but I scarcely need say that, nowadays, any writer on scientific subjects must be more or less dependent upon the researches of others. His own study and observation are imposed upon the garnered knowledge of his time, and, therefore, should any readers dis cover (as they sometimes do) that the labours Of Darwin, Kerner, Lubbock (lord Avebury), Wallace, Muller, Agassiz, and similar standard authorities have incidentally served me in good stead, I hope this frank acknowledgment of my obvious indebtedness will avoid undeserved censure. Wherever it has seemed important I have given my authority in the text.Finally, I offer the volume to all who love Nature and the countryside, and if it should render service in making clearer to its readers some of Nature's wonderful methods of working, and thereby make their country rambles more enjoyable and instructive, the volume will have accomplished its aim and its author will be gratified.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.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...these food materials, oxygen gas is given off as a waste product--waste so far as the plant is concerned. It will be seen, therefore, that while animals pollute the atmosphere by exhaling carbonic acid gas, plants, in the process of feeding, absorb and decompose this poisonous gas, retaining the carbon which it contains for their own use, and giving back its pure oxygen (which is of no use to the plant) to the atmosphere. Thus the animal supplies the carbon which is the chief food of the plant, and the plant in return affords the pure oxygen so needful to animal life. As previously remarked, a continuous water supply is necessary in the feeding process of the plant, and this is, of course, absorbed from the soil by the roots. From the roots it is passed through wood and pipe-like tissues up the stem to the leaves, and there the water-mains, so to speak, thin down and form a delicate network (popularly known as the veins or nervures), eventually becoming lost amongst the more simple cellular structure of the leaf. Here, then, we have the plant feeding on carbonic acid gas by means of its leaves, and drawing water from the soil through its roots. Although a leaf is generally but a very flat, thin structure, yet it is built up of several kinds of tissues. If we examine a section of a leaf under a microscope (Fig. 98), we find that above and below there is a surface skin or epidermal layer, and that between these layers two other kinds of tissues appear, amongst which the vascular strands or veins are embedded. The two epidermal layers in most leaves show a very different appearance; the upper layer is formed of rounded or, perhaps, brick-shaped cells placed closely together, and forming a strong protective covering to the more important tissues beneath. Fig. 9...

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Lang:- eng, Pages 342. Reprinted in 2015 with the help of original edition published long back[1908]. This book is in black & white, Hardcover, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, there may be some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. (Customisation is possible). Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions.Original Title:- Some nature biographies: plant--insect--marine--mineral 1908 [Hardcover] Author:- Ward, John J

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Excerpt from Some Nature Biographies: Plant-Insect-Marine-MineralOn the side of plant life, Chapter II. Contains a series of pictures illustrating an original idea, which, in working out photographically, is not so simple as at first it may seem to be. And, again, The Story of a Landscape during Twelve Months is a conception that I do not think has ever before been depicted photographically.As I have already stated, the volume is largely the outcome of observations that I have personally made from time to time upon the actual organisms with which I deal but I scarcely need say that, nowadays, any writer on scientific subjects must be more or less dependent upon the researches of others. His own study and observation are imposed upon the garnered knowledge of his time, and, therefore, should any readers dis cover (as they sometimes do) that the labours Of Darwin, Kerner, Lubbock (lord Avebury), Wallace, Muller, Agassiz, and similar standard authorities have incidentally served me in good stead, I hope this frank acknowledgment of my obvious indebtedness will avoid undeserved censure. Wherever it has seemed important I have given my authority in the text.Finally, I offer the volume to all who love Nature and the countryside, and if it should render service in making clearer to its readers some of Nature's wonderful methods of working, and thereby make their country rambles more enjoyable and instructive, the volume will have accomplished its aim and its author will be gratified.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.