Excerpt from Philosophical Notes on Botanical Subjects MY intention at first was to have given these Notes the humble title of Botanical Notes, but that title might misrepresent their nature. They are in reality notes on botanical phenomena, viewed from the broad and philosophical standpoint of the modern theorv Of evolution, and hence the present title seemed more appropriate. It may, perhaps, be objected that I have given too many quotations, but in attempting to handle such subjects as these, I had to Show what others may have thought on the same points, lest it might be said, as has already been said on another occasion, that the ideas given forth are wholly my own, in which state ment there may be lurking an insinuation that they are therefore wholly worthless. 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.