The Romance of Plant Life

CHAPTER I

THE ACTIVITY OF VEGETABLES

Plants which move--Sensitive Plant--A tourist from Neptune--The World's and the British harvest--Working of green leaves--Power of sunshine--Work done by an acre of plants--Coltsfoot, dandelion, pansies, in sunshine and in cold--Woodsorrel and crocus--Foxglove--Leaves and light--Adventures of a carbon atom--The sap--Cabbages and oaks r...