

184 THE HUMAN SIDE OF PLANTS 



some even refuse to grow except under food condi- 

 tions which they enjoy. This is another evidence of 

 the likeness between the plant and the animal 

 worlds; but it is more than this. In showing a 

 taste in the selection of its food, plant life has again 

 portrayed its striking similarity to the nature of 

 human kind. 



