The Romance of Plant Life
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Elliot George Francis Scott. The Romance of Plant Life
CHAPTER I. THE ACTIVITY OF VEGETABLES
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 IX. ON TEA, COFFEE, CHOCOLATE, AND TOBACCO
CHAPTER X. ON DESERTS
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 XV. ON NETTLES, SENSITIVE PLANTS, ETC
CHAPTER XVI. ON FLOWERS OF THE WATER
CHAPTER XVII. ON GRASSLANDS
CHAPTER XVIII. POISONS
CHAPTER XIX. ON FRUITS
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 XXV. ON CLIMBING PLANTS
CHAPTER XXVI. PLANTS WHICH PREY ON PLANTS
CHAPTER XXVII. PLANTS ATTACKING ANIMALS
CHAPTER XXVIII. MOSSES AND MOORS
CHAPTER XXIX. NAMES AND SUPERSTITIONS
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IF we look back to the time when all men and women were mere savages, living like the Esquimaux or the Australians of to-day, then it is certain that every person was much interested in plants. Nothing was so interesting as daily food, because no one was ever certain of even one good meal in the day.
So that in those early times there was a very sound, well-grounded knowledge of roots, bulbs, and fruits. They knew all that were good to eat, all that could possibly be eaten in time of famine and starvation, and also every poisonous and unwholesome plant.
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Such is the old idea of a well-known fern, Cibotium barometz.
Yet the original researches of some African "Obi" wizard or red Indian were not forgotten, and gradually came into practice.
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