EVOLUTIONS OF ORGANIZATION. 3 
same law. In the evolution of vegetation, which 
everywhere exhibits definite individuals, or organs, 
structurally united in indefinite series, the highest 
groups are composed of compound individuals in 
whose structure the most complex, and in every 
way highest evolution occurs in connection with 
the highest vegetable function, the perpetuity of 
the series of finite individuals; and, the flower 
once perfected, evolution has ceased, though varia- 
tion continues. In the animal kingdom, as has 
been long appreciated, even from the ovum the 
part devoted to vegetal function has its surface 
turned inwards, and the complexity of the animal 
sphere, which is wrapped around the vegetal, takes 
place in connection with the conscious faculties. 
By the ministry of sensation and voluntary move- 
ment the food is introduced into the specially 
vegetal parts, while in connection with the per- 
fecting of those animal functions a process takes 
place such as in the vegetable kingdom is seen 
only in the flower, namely, that the portions, 
whether segments or organs, become more definite 
in number, more fused and compact. Thus, the 
largest feature in the evolution of both plants and 
animals consists in that which is simple passing 
into the manifold, and the manifold being com- 
pacted together in a higher unity. These evolu- 
