PLANT ANALYSIS AS AN APPLIED SCIENCE 209 
his race, asphyxiated by their environment, will have long ago 
passed away into a suffocating forgetfulness. 
But for the present we must be satisfied to depend upon 
our humble colleagues, the plants, for our food and beverages, 
our fabrics, perfumes, and dyestuffs, our medicines, and other 
things too numerous to mention. 
