The Romance of Plant Life
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Chapter I - The Activity of Vegetables
28:58 -
Chapter II - On Savages, Doctors, and Plants
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Chapter III - A Tree's Perilous Life
32:00 -
Chapter IV - On Forests
29:03 -
Chapter V - Flowers
25:35 -
Chapter VI - On Underground Life
25:59 -
Chapter VII - High Mountains, Arctic Snows
22:58 -
Chapter VIII - Scrub
29:28 -
Chapter XI - On Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, and Tobacco
21:18 -
Chapter X - On Deserts
27:49 -
Chapter XI - The Story of the Fields
30:37 -
Chapter XII - On Plants which Add to Continents
19:18 -
Chapter XIII - Rocks, Stones, and Scenery
22:06 -
Chapter XIV - On Vegetable Demons
23:53 -
Chapter XV - On Nettles, Sensitive Plants, etc.
18:36 -
Chapter XVI - On Flowers of the Water
26:53 -
Chapter XVII - On Grasslands
22:41 -
Chapter XVIII - Poisons
26:32 -
Chapter XIX - On Fruits
23:36 -
Chapter XX - Wandering Fruits and Seeds
26:34 -
Chapter XXI - Story of the Crops
26:54 -
Chapter XXII - Plants and Ants
21:35 -
Chapter XXIII - The Peril of Insects
24:59 -
Chapter XXIV - Rubber, Hemp and Opium
26:41 -
Chapter XXV - On Climbing Plants
23:15 -
Chapter XXVI - Plants which Prey on Plants
23:03 -
Chapter XXVII - Plants Attacking Animals
21:58 -
Chapter XXVIII - Mosses and Moors
17:48 -
Chapter XXIX - Names and Superstitions
21:39
The Romance of Plant Life (1907) is a public domain work.
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Leaves that change position with the weather and flowers that respond to touch give G. F. Scott Elliot material for an accessible account of botany. Published in 1907, The Romance of Plant Life ranges across forests, deserts, grasslands and ponds, exploring how plants grow, defend themselves and interact with other living things. Its chapter headings connect seeds, roots and flowers with farming, trade and the changing appearance of landscapes.
The supplied discussion of woodsorrel leads into experiments on electricity in plants, including observations of trees near a power transmission line and a pot plant studied in Glasgow. Elliot reports both striking findings and claims whose proof remains uncertain. That mixture gives the book value as a record of scientific curiosity in its period. Readers interested in natural history can follow its many examples while seeing how botanical explanation, practical uses and stories about human dealings with plants share the same pages.
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- G. F. Scott Elliot
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