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Romance of Plant Life by George Francis Scott-Elliot

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

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28:58
Chapter I - The Activity of Vegetables
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24:13
Chapter II - On Savages, Doctors, and Plants
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32:00
Chapter III - A Tree's Perilous Life
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29:03
Chapter IV - On Forests
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25:35
Chapter V - Flowers
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25:59
Chapter VI - On Underground Life
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22:58
Chapter VII - High Mountains, Arctic Snows
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29:28
Chapter VIII - Scrub
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21:18
Chapter XI - On Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, and Tobacco
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27:49
Chapter X - On Deserts
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30:37
Chapter XI - The Story of the Fields
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19:18
Chapter XII - On Plants which Add to Continents
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22:06
Chapter XIII - Rocks, Stones, and Scenery
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23:53
Chapter XIV - On Vegetable Demons
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18:36
Chapter XV - On Nettles, Sensitive Plants, etc.
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26:53
Chapter XVI - On Flowers of the Water
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22:41
Chapter XVII - On Grasslands
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26:32
Chapter XVIII - Poisons
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23:36
Chapter XIX - On Fruits
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26:34
Chapter XX - Wandering Fruits and Seeds
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