Excerpt from The Torrey Botanical Club: Officers for 1906In those bundles of sticks cut across into two pieces the fol lowing combinations occurred. (1) The basal half-piece put out roots from its basal and leaves from its apical part while the apical half-piece put out leaves from its basal and roots from its apical part. (2) The basal half-piece made leaves from its basal and roots from its apical part while the apical half-piece made roots from its basal and leaves from its apical part. (3) The basal half-piece made leaves from its basal and roots from its apical part while the apical half-piece made leaves from its basal and roots from its apical part. In the first case the cut surfaces that used to join at the middle of the stick were side by side in the air; in the second case they were side by side in the water; and in the third case they were separated so that one Was in the air and the other in the water.The same response to air and water was shown again in a twig cut into basal, middle and apical pieces, which made roots from the basal and leaves from the apical part Of the basal piece, leaves from the basal and roots from the apical part Of the middle piece, and roots from the basal and leaves from the apical part of the apical piece. And when these three pieces were placed together again there were seen along the length of the twig: first some roots, a number of new Side branches, another set Of like branches, a second set of roots, a third set Of branches and finally a third set Of roots.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.