Excerpt from The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener, Country Gentleman, Bee-Keeper, and Poultry Chronicle, Vol. 40: A Journal of Gardening, Rural and Domestic Economy, Botany, and Natural History; July December, 1868 Were it needful, many proofs might also be adduced. To evidence that something near akinto this is also inherent in the lower animals; but that plants and flowers, which have for ages been emblems of beauty, purity, and grace, should show traces of this moral perversion is something Very hard to believe, yet some species do exhibit traits of character which inevitably lead to this conclusion were there not many reasons for suspecting that there are functions connected with the economy of plants scarcely yet dreamt of in our philosophy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.