Observations on the Colors of Flowers (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Color in Nature, and especially in the vegetable world as seen in leaf and flower, is one of the most pleasing objects that greet the eye.

Many questions naturally arise regarding its origin and the purposes it subserves, its modifications and many changes. These offer a somewhat novel subject for en quiry. There is very little literature on the subject, and a portion of what exists is open to grave criticism.

Chemists have informed us of the nature of only a few of the pigments and where they may be found, whether fixed in minute bodies called plastids, or free in the cell sap.

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