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THE SAGACITY AND MORALITY OF PLANTS: 



A SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND CONDUCT OF THE 

 VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



By J. E. TAYLOR, F.G.S., etc. 



With Coloured Frontispiece and loo Illustrations. 



'' 'The Sagacity and Morality of Plants ' is a delightful book, as readable 

 as Grant Allen at his best, and (especially in the introductory chapter, called 

 'Stating the Case') going more into detail than Mr. Allen usually does. 

 It contains all the cream of Kerner and Wallace and Miiller ; and, wonderful 

 as is the story which it tells, it asserts nothing for which there is not the 

 guarantee of some careful observer. We heartily recommend the book." — 

 Graphic. 



" Dr. Taylor has here produced a book which certainly is second to none 

 for the vast number of really important botanical facts placed together in 

 a most interesting and even charming manner." — Inqiiirer. 



"Dr. Taylor, in his new work, comes out boldly as the champion of the 

 plant, and has advocated his theory with much earnestness and vigour, and 

 with copious references to facts in nature. It is one of the most interesting 

 works he has written."— ^a^^ Anglian Daily Times. 



' ' This fascinating volume may be described as botany vivified. Dr. Taylor 

 has provided us with a book which combines entertainment and instruction in 

 an unusual degree. It is popularly written, so that no scientific knowledge 

 is requisite to its enjoyment, and those who have the opportunity of reading 

 it will not be likely to begin the volume and not to finish it." — T/ie C/iristian 

 IVorld. 



" We cordially recommend the book, the work of a thorough botanist, 

 who has the gift of a popular style, and whose pages have all the fascination 

 of a well-told storj'." — British Quarterly Review. 



"The thorough manner in which Dr. Taylor has steeped himself in this 

 conception of plants as essentially active living creatures, gives an air of 

 romance, not wholly untinged with some pleasant flavour of mysticism, to his 

 charming and attractive little volume. It is in dealing with the romantic 

 subject of parasites and carnivorous plants that Dr. Taylor's mode of treat- 

 ment appears to the greatest advantage."— /*«// Mall Gazette. 



"The book is pleasantly written, and gives a very readable account of 

 such phenomena as fertilisation, the attraction and repulsion of insects, 

 sensitiveness, and carnivorism. The illustrations are copious and excellent.' 

 — Academy. ~ 



LONDON: CHATTO AND WIND US, PICCADILLY, ]V. 



