...downwards. To enable myself to answer this objection, I made many experiments on seeds of the horse chesnut, and of the bean, in the box I have already described...shoots of the same trees will, on the contrary, grow in almost every direction, probably because their fibres, being more dry, and their vessels less amply...

...direction they arc firfl. obtruded, uhuoft uniformly tUiii npwai'd>, and endeavour to acquire a particular direction ; and to this their points will immediately...during any period of their growth; their curvature upward* being occalioncd by an increaled exten-. fion of the libres and veffels of their under-lides,...

...direction they nrc firft obtnrled, nhnolt uniformly turn upwards and endeavour to acquire a particular direction ; and to this their points will immediately return, if they are hent downwards during any period of llicjr grout h ; their curvature upwards being occalioncd by an...

...first protruded/almost uniformly turn upwards, and endeavour to acquire a perpendicular di-> rectioh ; and to this their points will immediately return if...shoots of the same trees will, on the contrary, grow in almost every direction, probably because, their fibres being more dry, and their vessels less amply...

...direction they are first obtruded, almost uniformly turn upwards, and endeavour to acquire a particular direction : and to this their points will immediately...the fibres and vessels of their under sides, as in elongated germens of seeds. The more feeble and slender shoots of the same trees will, on the contrary,...

...direction they are first protruded, almost uniformly exactly o.py jurn UpWwrjB> antj endeavour ti> acquire a perpendicular direction ; and to this their...they are bent downwards during any period of their groufh.. their curvature upwards being occasioned by an increased extension of the fibres and vessels...

...downwards. To enable myself to answer this objection, I made many experiments on seeds of the horse.chesnut, and of the bean, in the box I have already described;...of their under sides, as in the elongated germens ef seeds. The more feeble and slender shoots of the same trees will, on the contrary, grow, in almost...

...of trees,) arises from the facts, that few of their branches rise perpendicularly upwards, and that that their roots always spread horizontally ; but...shoots of the same trees will, on the contrary, grow in almost every direction, probably because their fibres, being more dry, and their vessels less amply...

...removed ; and the young tree, by the same means, becomes more upright, • See the preceding Paper. in direct opposition to the immediate action of gravitation...shoots of the same trees will, on the contrary, grow in almost every direction, probably because their fibres, being more dry, and their vessels less amply...

...invariably abortive. weighty, objection, to the preceding Another, and apparently a more hypothesis, hypothesis, (if applied to the subsequent growth and...vessels of their under sides, as in the elongated germéns of seeds. The more feeble and slender shoots of the same trees will, on the contrary, grow...