Plant Life
Plant Life
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Any one acquainted only with the banana as it grows in a plant house, where the air is always quiescent, might easily imagine that these large unbroken leaves must be remarkably well provided with mechanical tissue in order to maintain their outline intact. As a matter of fact, however, precisely the reverse is the case. The veins run out almost at right angles from the midrib to the margin, and anastomose very little with each other. There is thus no mechanical reason why the leaf should not b...e easily torn, and as a matter of fact this is what actually happens to a plant grown out of doors. The whole blade is reduced to a number of separate flaps or strips, each firmly attached, of course, to the midrib. Hence they can easily give to the breeze, and the banana escapes the overthrow to which it would be liable were it to hoist such large leaves, if unbreakable, in the teeth of the wind. The efficiency of the leaf surface is practically unimpaired by the tearing, because the vascular bundles, running parallel to each other, are not broken across, and their functions as conducting channels to and from the midrib to the green leaf surface are not interfered with in any way.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Any one acquainted only with the banana as it grows in a plant house, where the air is always quiescent, might easily imagine that these large unbroken leaves must be remarkably well provided with mechanical tissue in order to maintain their outline intact. As a matter of fact, however, precisely the reverse is the case. The veins run out almost at right angles from the midrib to the margin, and anastomose very little with each other. There is thus no mechanical reason why the leaf should not b...e easily torn, and as a matter of fact this is what actually happens to a plant grown out of doors. The whole blade is reduced to a number of separate flaps or strips, each firmly attached, of course, to the midrib. Hence they can easily give to the breeze, and the banana escapes the overthrow to which it would be liable were it to hoist such large leaves, if unbreakable, in the teeth of the wind. The efficiency of the leaf surface is practically unimpaired by the tearing, because the vascular bundles, running parallel to each other, are not broken across, and their functions as conducting channels to and from the midrib to the green leaf surface are not interfered with in any way.
What to read after Plant Life?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by J B John Bretland Farmer to read onlineMoreLess
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