 It has often been vaguely asserted that plants are distinguished from 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...  Nature - Pàgina 65editat per - 1876Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1870 - 726 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - 1883 - 818 pàgines
...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... | |
 | 1866 - 334 pàgines
...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... | |
 | 1867 - 574 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Rugby School. Natural History Society - 1868 - 646 pàgines
...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,... | |
 | 1890 - 980 pàgines
...petioles, mid-ribs of the leaf and leaflets, and apparently aerial roots — all possess this power. It has often been vaguely asserted that plants are...and food is brought to them by the air and rain." — The Author. The Power of Movement in Plants. By CHARLES DARWIN, LL. D., FRS, assisted by FRANCIS... | |
 | James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1872 - 504 pàgines
...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... | |
 | 1873 - 800 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1875 - 400 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1876 - 242 pàgines
...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... | |
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