WHAT PLANT LIFE IS 



f^kLANT life is a chemical process by which the sun's 

 J rays are caught through the chlorophyll of the leaves 

 and deposited on the earth's surface as carbon. Since the 

 beginning, untold numbers of plant life have been created 

 continually by the sun's rays in water or moist places where 

 conditions are favorable. But of those untold numbers only such 

 as had the ability to sport could climb the ladder of evolution. 



In their early stages it was their habit of life to float in 

 moisture, and propagation was accomplished by splitting apart. 

 This was the sexless state. 



In later stages, growing in the marshes, they commenced to 

 develop root systems, and finally developed varieties growing 

 outside the marshes; sex developed, and eventually reached the 

 stage of seed production. After they had reached the stage 

 where they reproduced themselves from seed they developed all 

 kinds of forms which were necessary in dryer conditions. 



They then developed faster — from grasses to shrubs, from 

 shrubs to bushes and from bushes to trees. 



Under whatever condition they were living at this time their 

 object was to catch the sun's rays, make carbon out of them 

 and deposit them as solid matter on the earth's surface. 



Take for instance our California redwoods, which are Nature's 

 highest development on earth to-day. Billions of years since 

 a thousand ancestors of these very redwoods could be held in 

 a drop of water. Some trees, like the California live oak, or 

 many varieties growing in the tropics, show the wonderful result 

 of Nature's intention in a very striking way. If the leaves of a 

 single tree of this description were laid side by side they would 

 cover the greater part of an acre, yet the tree occupied only a 

 small part of the earth's surface. In order to build themselves up 

 in their evolution the roots had to take material from our earth, 

 as lime, to strengthen their structure, and many other chemicals 



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