Excerpt from Talks Afield About Plants and the Science of PlantsNotwithstanding the great external dis similarities Of plants, the botanist is able to trace relationships which are decisive. The characters which determine these relation ships are not confined to any organ or to any part Of the plant: they may exist in the roots, in the stems, in the leaves, in the gen eral habits Of the plants, but especially in the flowers and the fruits.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.