A Story Outline of Evolution 



fertile soil, moisture, sunshine and favorable climatic condi- 

 tions are found, it will develop into a perfect specimen of its 

 species w^hile if these favorable conditions, or any of them 

 be wanting, the plant's struggle become greater and its devel- 

 opment dwarfed. Proper environment, therefore, is just as 

 important in the development of plant life as it is in the 

 development of animal life. 



In the sacred scriptures we have the admonition, "Con- 

 sider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, 

 neither do they spin, yet I say unto you that even Solomon 

 in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." If we 

 shall heed this admonition and consider the make-up, the 

 construction of these lilies, we shall find that the flower is 

 the immediate agent in the production of the seed which con- 

 tains the embryo which resurrects and brings forth a new life. 

 What may be said of the lily may also be said of all the 

 flowering plants. The seed embryo is the end toward which 

 the whole structure is designed. The organization of the 

 flower forms one of the most interesting studies in Nature. 

 Its parts are many and these parts are each performing their 

 separate functions. They vary in form to an almost infinite 

 degree but with one central purpose of reproducing their 

 kind and playing their part in the plan of evolutionary 

 growth. The juices of the rushes, mosses and ferns fur- 

 nished the lower animals food which enabled them to develop 

 into higher types and as these higher types developed, it was 

 necessary that the plant types take the lead in order that the 

 advancement of the animal types should be unretarded. 



The pistils, the female part of the flower which bear 

 the seeds, occupy the center of the flower. These are sur- 



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