256 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION 



to travel with the first good wind and is made into a 

 round ball showing the intention and purpose of the 

 builders. It is also so constructed that it hardly ever gets 

 tangled and caught in grass and weeds. 



The balloons or parachutes attached to the seeds of 

 milkweeds and dandelion are certainly works of art. Is 

 it not absurd to state that all these perfect designs and 

 structures to effect certain purposes and ends could come 

 about by chance? Why should it require any more in- 

 telligence to build a parachute by man than by the cell? 

 One is a living animal just the same as the other, eating 

 the same kind of food, breathing the same kind of air and 

 made of the same kind of material. If the acts are pur- 

 posive and intelligent in one case they must be in the 

 other. 



The following is a description of how the water plants 

 are adapted for water life. This is how the cells buila 

 their house-like plants in water, in such a manner that 

 they will be able to enjoy the comfort of both air and 

 water : 



"Adaptations. When a plant lives entirely or partially 

 submerged in water, its structure differs in many ways 

 from that of an ordinary land plant, and these adjust- 

 ments to water life are called adaptations. On parts 

 under water the epidermis is thin and permits absorption, 

 so that in a completely submerged plant its whole sur- 

 face absorbs. When this is the case, the root-system is 

 much reduced in extent as compared with a land-plant 

 of the same size, for it is not the only organ for water 

 absorption. In submerged plants the rigid tissues are 

 less developed than in land plants, for the buoyant power 

 of water helps to support the plant. This fact may be 

 illustrated by taking from the water submerged plants 

 that seem to be upright, with all their parts spread out ; 



