Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Relation of Plants to Environment (or Plant Ecology): Outlines of a Course of Lectures Delivered in the Summer School of Cornell University 1903 and 1904
Variety of conditions developed variety of forms. Plants no consciousness or choice in general sense. Inherent quality. Environment Sexual selection etc. Examples, cactus, yucca, cucurbits, oak. Process of organization and change of form a slow one.
Members of the plant body. Simplest forms do not have members. Members recognized when certain parts perform certain functions. A'lgae, fungi, sea wrack or ulva.
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