418 Transactions of the Boyal Society of South Africa. 
Page 299. " The chemical energy contained in the organic or inorganic 
substances produced by the partial or complete decomposition of organised 
bodies is in all cases derived from the work done by the absorbed 
sunlight." 
Page 293. Organic food provides plastic and constructive material, 
and at the same time a supply of potential energy." 
Page 291. " Every chemical decomposition affords a supply of energy 
to the plant." 
Page 292. " A fungus decomposes a portion of this nutriment in 
respiratory and other processes, and so obtains the energy necessary for 
the synthesis of carbohydrates, &c." 
Page 293. " Carbon-dioxide and water are synthesised by green plants 
by means of radiant energy from the sun." 
Page 297. " In order to supply the energy necessary for the main- 
tenance of life upon the earth, enormous masses of organic material must 
be daily decomposed into carbon-dioxide and water." 
Page 443. "It is mainly owing to the profound decompositions which 
respiration and fermentation induce that the chief supply of energy is 
obtamed for vital activity and metabolism in general." 
Page 578. " Fermentation is a process by which many aerobic and 
anaerobic plants are able to obtain a supply of energy by decomposing the 
greater part of their food into alcohol, &c." 
