The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 25
Subtitle: The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilization in the Vegetable Kingdom
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: September 1, 2009
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780814720684
Subjects: Literature & Fiction -- World Literature -- United States -- Classics; Literature & Fiction -- World Literature -- United States -- Collections & Readers; Professional & Technical -- Professional Science -- Biological Sciences -- Botany; Science -- Biological Sciences -- Botany; Science -- Evolution; Science -- History & Philosophy
First sentence: THERE is weighty and abundant evidence that the flowers of most kinds of plants are constructed so as to be occasionally or habitually cross-fertilised by pollen from another flower, produced either by the same plant, or generally, as we shall hereafter see reason to believe, by a distinct plant.