Elements of Biology: A Practical Text-book Correlating Botany, Zoology, and Human PhysiologyAmerican Book Company, 1907 - 445 páginas |
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... flower , insect pollination , and the fruit . The subject of protoplasm and the cell , necessarily somewhat vague to the pupil , must be taken up with the flower in order that the process of fertilization may be understood . The study ...
... flower , insect pollination , and the fruit . The subject of protoplasm and the cell , necessarily somewhat vague to the pupil , must be taken up with the flower in order that the process of fertilization may be understood . The study ...
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... FLOWERS 31 V. FRUITS 50 VI . SEEDS AND SEEDLINGS 66 VII . ROOTS AND THEIR WORK VIII . BUDS AND STEMS . 82 98 IX . LEAVES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS 123 X. ECOLOGY 142 XI . FLOWERLESS PLANTS 150 PART II . ZOÖLOGY XII . PROTOZOA XIII . METAZOA ...
... FLOWERS 31 V. FRUITS 50 VI . SEEDS AND SEEDLINGS 66 VII . ROOTS AND THEIR WORK VIII . BUDS AND STEMS . 82 98 IX . LEAVES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS 123 X. ECOLOGY 142 XI . FLOWERLESS PLANTS 150 PART II . ZOÖLOGY XII . PROTOZOA XIII . METAZOA ...
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... flowers ; F , fruits ; S , stem ; L , leaves ; R , roots . 1 The living matter of the plants is covered by dead organic matter formed by the activity of the live part . Thus the soft living mass within may be molded into various shapes ...
... flowers ; F , fruits ; S , stem ; L , leaves ; R , roots . 1 The living matter of the plants is covered by dead organic matter formed by the activity of the live part . Thus the soft living mass within may be molded into various shapes ...
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... flowers and fruits . Still more prominent are Each of these structures differs from each other part , and each has a different work or function to perform for the plant . The root holds the plant firmly in the ground and takes in water ...
... flowers and fruits . Still more prominent are Each of these structures differs from each other part , and each has a different work or function to perform for the plant . The root holds the plant firmly in the ground and takes in water ...
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... Animal cell , showing netlike Such are some of the cells of the ner- vous system of man and other large animals , as. structure of the protoplasm . ( After Verworn . ) A flower of Sedum from above ; A , anther. PROTOPLASM AND THE CELL 27.
... Animal cell , showing netlike Such are some of the cells of the ner- vous system of man and other large animals , as. structure of the protoplasm . ( After Verworn . ) A flower of Sedum from above ; A , anther. PROTOPLASM AND THE CELL 27.
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Página 397 - Let no youth have any anxiety about the upshot of his education, whatever the line of it may be. If he keep faithfully busy each hour of the working day, he may safely leave the final result to itself. He can with perfect certainty count on waking up some fine morning, to find himself one of the competent ones of his generation, in whatever pursuit he may have singled out.
Página 397 - I won't count this time." Well ! he may not count it, and a kind Heaven may not count it ; but it is being counted none the less. Down among his nerve cells and fibers the molecules are counting it, registering and storing it up to be used against him when the next temptation comes.
Página 397 - Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state. We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never to be undone. Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its never so little scar. The drunken Rip Van Winkle, in Jefferson's play, excuses himself for every fresh dereliction by saying, 'I won't count this time!
Página 321 - He flavors his food with salt,' is to imply that he is rich, and children will suck a piece of rock-salt as if it were sugar. No stronger mark of respect or affection can be shown in Muscovy, than the sending of salt from the tables of the rich to their poorer friends.
Página 397 - The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioning our characters in the wrong way.
Página 403 - The more purely intellectual qualities of the mind rarely escape being involved in the general disturbance [caused by alcohol]. The power of application, of appreciating the bearing of facts, of drawing distinctions, of exercising the judgment aright, and even of comprehension, are all more or less impaired. The memory is among the first faculties to suffer. . . . The will is always lessened in force and activity. The ability to determine between two or more alternatives, to resolve to act when...
Página 61 - Jimson weed, to the exclusion of all other forms of plant life. That this is not the case is due to the fact that only those seeds which are advantageously placed can develop ; the others will, for various reasons (lack of moisture to start the young seed on its Grain ; spikes of ened flowers.
Página 321 - No stronger mark of respect or affection can be shown in Muscovy, than the sending of salt from the tables of the rich to their poorer friends. In the book of Leviticus it is expressly commanded as one of the ordinances of Moses, that every oblation of meat upon the altar shall be seasoned with salt, without lacking ; and hence it Is called the Salt of the Covenant of God. The Greeks and Romans also used salt in their sacrificial cakes ; and it is still used in the services of the Latin church—...
Página 397 - Well! he may not count it, and a kind Heaven may not count it; but it is being counted none the less. Down among his nerve cells and fibers the molecules are counting it, registering and storing it up to be used against him when the next temptation comes. Nothing we ever do is, in strict scientific literalness, wiped out. Of course, this has its good side as well as its bad one. As we become permanent drunkards by so many separate drinks, so we become saints in the moral, and authorities and experts...
Página 103 - The sap carries water and plant-foods from the roots to the leaves and from the leaves to the growing parts of the tree. That is why it is so important to keep the bark from being injured, for if the bark is cut or bruised or bored into by insects, the tree loses sap and is weakened. 8.