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The Romance of Plant Life

by George Francis SCOTT-ELLIOT (1862 - 1934)

Chapter I - The Activity of Vegetables

Romance needs not always indicate a love story. In the series "The Library of Romance", authors look at the romantic side of science. The different books cover all different disciplines, including chemistry, astronomy, engineering, and, as in this case, biology. In this volume, G.F. Scott Elliot walks us through the romantic side of plant life. How do plants move towards the light, what are the dangers to little saplings, how can parts of plants be used for medicine, and why are some of them delicious and others poisonous? Listen to this book to find out. - Summary by Carolin

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Listen next episodes of The Romance of Plant Life:
Chapter II - On Savages, Doctors, and Plants , Chapter III - A Tree's Perilous Life , Chapter IV - On Forests , Chapter V - Flowers , Chapter VI - On Underground Life , Chapter VII - High Mountains, Arctic Snows , Chapter VIII - Scrub , Chapter X - On Deserts , Chapter XI - On Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, and Tobacco , Chapter XI - The Story of the Fields , Chapter XII - On Plants which Add to Continents , Chapter XIII - Rocks, Stones, and Scenery , Chapter XIV - On Vegetable Demons , Chapter XIX - On Fruits , Chapter XV - On Nettles, Sensitive Plants, etc. , Chapter XVI - On Flowers of the Water , Chapter XVII - On Grasslands , Chapter XVIII - Poisons , Chapter XX - Wandering Fruits and Seeds , Chapter XXI - Story of the Crops , Chapter XXII - Plants and Ants , Chapter XXIII - The Peril of Insects , Chapter XXIV - Rubber, Hemp and Opium , Chapter XXIX - Names and Superstitions , Chapter XXV - On Climbing Plants , Chapter XXVI - Plants which Prey on Plants , Chapter XXVII - Plants Attacking Animals , Chapter XXVIII - Mosses and Moors