A Living Bridge
Such a bridge is described by Sir J. D. Hooker in his Himalayan Journals.
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THE ROMANCE OF
PLANT LIFE
INTERESTING DESCRIPTIONS OF
THE STRANGE AND CURIOUS IN
THE PLANT WORLD
BY
G. F. SCOTT ELLIOT
M.A. CANTAB., B.SC. EDIN., F.R.G.S., F.L.S., ETC.
AUTHOR OF
"A NATURALIST IN MID AFRICA," "NATURE STUDIES—PLANT LIFE"
ETC.
WITH THIRTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS
PHILADELPHIA
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
LONDON: SEELEY & CO. Limited
1907
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
  THE ACTIVITY OF VEGETABLES
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Plants which move—Sensitive Plant—A tourist from Neptune—The  World's and the British harvest—Working of green leaves—Power  of sunshine—Work done by an acre of plants—Coltsfoot,  dandelion, pansies, in sunshine and in cold—Woodsorrel and  crocus—Foxglove—Leaves and light—Adventures of a carbon  atom—The sap—Cabbages and oaks requiring water—Traveller's  tree—The water in trees—An oasis in Greece—The associate life  of its trees and flowers13
 
CHAPTER II
  ON SAVAGES, DOCTORS, AND PLANTS
Savages knew Botany—First lady doctors and botanical excursions—True  drugs and horrible ornaments—Hydrophobia cure—Cloves—Mustard—Ivy—Roses  and Teeth—How to keep hair on—How  to know if a patient will recover—Curious properties of a  mushroom—The Scythian lamb—Quinine: history and use—Safflower—Romance  of ipecacuanha—Wars of the spice trade—Cinnamon,  logwood, and indigo—Romance of pepper—Babylonian  and Egyptian botanists—Chinese discoveries—Theophrastus—Medieval  times—The first illustrated book—Numbers  of plants known—Discoveries of painters and poets27
 
CHAPTER III
  A TREE'S PERILOUS LIFE
Hemlock spruce and pine forests—Story of a pine seedling—Its  struggles and dangers—The gardener's boot—Turpentine of  pines—The giant sawfly—Bark beetles—Their effect on music—Storm  and strength of trees—Tall trees and long seaweeds—Eucalyptus,  big trees—Age of trees—Venerable sequoias, oaks,  chestnuts, and olives—Baobab and Dragontree—Rabbits as  woodcutters—Fire as protection—Sacred fires—Dug-out and  birch-bark canoes—Lake dwellings—Grazing animals and forest  destruction—First kind of cultivation—Old forests in England  and Scotland—Game-preserving40
 
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