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Excerpt from On the Interpretation of Phenomena of Phyllotaxis
After all, the ratios do occur, and must be useful' for something; the chances are that their curious mathematical properties' do afford a clue to their meaning; mutation and natural selection cover the only means known to science of deter mining why one plant should show them and not another, as specific, generic, or even family constants'. It is also the privilege of the botanist to investigate anything he comes across in the plant whether plain or ornamental. 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.
