Excerpt from Life Histories of Familiar PlantsIn the chapter on Sensitive Plants many of the principles of the mnemic theory, and the inheritance of acquired characters, promulgated by Dr. Francis Darwin in his Presidential address to the British Association on September zud, 1908, are, apparently, largely implied, although at the time the address was delivered the book was being printed.Regarding the illustrations, the publishers have spared no expense, all are printed from blocks prepared especially for this volume.If this book serve to encourage Nature lovers to pursue their investigations into her secrets on their own account, and help to direct them to that end, and if at the same time (by means or the numerous illustrations) it bring to the town dweller a breath of the country, its author's Object will have been attained.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.