lants would not obviously suffice. There must be some further secret and flowers were developed from the seed, the stem, and the of arrangement, method of growth, or combination of parts, to leaf, were a closed book until anatomy and physiology traced secure not only a pleasing variety, but the… … Fig. i. far to divine, if not to demonstrate, the secret of Nature’s inex¬ plants is hid, all they had to do was to apply the principle and haustible variety and never-failing beauty. They desired with not the actual forms. their whole heart to exercise their imitative and creative facul¬ Believing…
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