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... a too low Temperature . Frost . Alternations of Temperature . - - - Day and Night . -Winter and Summer . Temperature of Earth and Atmosphere 55 70 81 BOOK II . Page OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL THE OPERATIONS OF xiv CONTENTS . Page.
... a too low Temperature . Frost . Alternations of Temperature . - - - Day and Night . -Winter and Summer . Temperature of Earth and Atmosphere 55 70 81 BOOK II . Page OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL THE OPERATIONS OF xiv CONTENTS . Page.
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... earth by roots , and it elevates into the air a stem bearing leaves , flowers , and fruit . It has no power of motion except when it is acted upon by wind or other external forces ; it is therefore peculiarly susceptible of injury or ...
... earth by roots , and it elevates into the air a stem bearing leaves , flowers , and fruit . It has no power of motion except when it is acted upon by wind or other external forces ; it is therefore peculiarly susceptible of injury or ...
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... earth ; but it is an inherent property with which nature has endowed seeds , in order to insure the young parts , when first called into life , each finding itself in the situation most suitable to its existence ; that is to say , the ...
... earth ; but it is an inherent property with which nature has endowed seeds , in order to insure the young parts , when first called into life , each finding itself in the situation most suitable to its existence ; that is to say , the ...
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... earth in search of food ; the young stem rises and unfolds its cotyledons , or rudimentary leaves , which , if they are exposed to light , decompose carbonic acid , fix the carbon , become green , and , by processes hereafter to be ...
... earth in search of food ; the young stem rises and unfolds its cotyledons , or rudimentary leaves , which , if they are exposed to light , decompose carbonic acid , fix the carbon , become green , and , by processes hereafter to be ...
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... earth into the plant , is the part which is the soonest developed . Even in the embryo , at the earliest commencement of germi- nation , it is the part immediately connected with the root that first begins to move , by lengthening all ...
... earth into the plant , is the part which is the soonest developed . Even in the embryo , at the earliest commencement of germi- nation , it is the part immediately connected with the root that first begins to move , by lengthening all ...
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