...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...

...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...

...To enable myself to answer this objection, I made many experiments on seeds of the horse-chestnut, and of the bean, in the box I have already described...shoots of the same trees will, on the contrary, grow in altnost 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...

...that their roots always spread horizontally ; but this objection 1 think may be readily answere d. The luxuriant shoots of trees, which abound in sap,...of seeds. The more feeble and slender shoots of the tame trees will, on the contrary, grow in almost every direction, probably because their fibres, being...

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