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... light , it controls spontaneous movements in plants . Spontaneity controlled by physical forces . Parts of a living thing that grow separately . A potato and carrot root . A wild and a cultivated carrot . Double action . Drosera ...
... light , it controls spontaneous movements in plants . Spontaneity controlled by physical forces . Parts of a living thing that grow separately . A potato and carrot root . A wild and a cultivated carrot . Double action . Drosera ...
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... light , sound , touch , & c . One general plan seems to run through the whole series , and certain laws or generalisa- tions appear to apply to all alike , though in different degrees . Our present concern in glancing at the circles of ...
... light , sound , touch , & c . One general plan seems to run through the whole series , and certain laws or generalisa- tions appear to apply to all alike , though in different degrees . Our present concern in glancing at the circles of ...
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... light , are all modified forms of circumnutation . Thus there are always movements in progress , and external stimuli largely control their amplitude and direction . Young plants move much . In the growth of plants , especially while ...
... light , are all modified forms of circumnutation . Thus there are always movements in progress , and external stimuli largely control their amplitude and direction . Young plants move much . In the growth of plants , especially while ...
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... light . That grown in darkness has a long stem and small leaves : this shews that light can control the quantities of growth . A plant grown near a window so that one side of it is more illuminated than the other is seen to have the ...
... light . That grown in darkness has a long stem and small leaves : this shews that light can control the quantities of growth . A plant grown near a window so that one side of it is more illuminated than the other is seen to have the ...
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... light regulates its spontaneous movements so that bending in the direction with the stem results . When the plant is quietly growing , circum- nutating as it ascends , it is all ready for the special action which follows when light ...
... light regulates its spontaneous movements so that bending in the direction with the stem results . When the plant is quietly growing , circum- nutating as it ascends , it is all ready for the special action which follows when light ...
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