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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
157
In
some
forms
of
vegetation
the
selection
of
food
of
certain
kinds
and
the
aversion
to
other
certain
kinds,
would
indicate
that
the
organism
is
capable
of
design
and
purpose
in
a
degree
perhaps
much
higher
than
some
of
the
lowest
forms
of
the
animal
kingdom.
The
reaching
out
of
roots
in
search
of
food
in
the
earth,
the
opening
and
closing
of
leaf
and
bloom,
seeking
the
moisture
and
carbon
from
the
atmosphere,
suggest
a
feeble
expression
of
desire.
The
choice
of
food
is
so
well
defined
in
some
plants
as
to
indicate
a
power
of
selection
far
greater
than
some
protozoans
exercise.
It
is
a
known
fact
that
a
change
of
food
and
conditions
often
modify
a
plant
in
such
degree
as
to
make
it
difficult
to
recognise
except
by
the
technical
laws
of
classification,
and
yet
its
identity
is
not
lost.
Such
changes
do
not
effect
all
plants
in
the
same
degree,
as
some
of
them
will
undergo
a
change
of
diet
or
conditions
without
material
effect.
In
many
instances
a
marked
dislike
to
certain
kinds
of
food
has
been
observed,
and
the
sensitiveness
of
some
plants
is
shown
in
the
foliage,
bloom,
and
even
in
the
roots.
[Sidenote:
LANGUAGE
OF
THE
MINERAL
KINGDOM]
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