MISUNDERSTANDINGS. 



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flowers are produced for the special purpose of 

 propagating the species. Thus every individual 

 part of plants contributes somewhat to the well- 



FlG. 2. — Comparison of Development in (i) a Flowering Plant ; (2) a Zoophyte 

 and (3) a Colony of Plant-Lice (^Aphides). — Alter Wilson. 



being or perpetuation of the species to which it 

 belongs. 



A plant, therefore, is a Colony of Leaves, all of 



