 Goebel, one of the greatest of modern botanists, recently said : — "I do not think that up till now any more has been proved, than that in moist air the formation of prickles and thorns is retarded ; there is no proof that it can be suppressed. ' '*...  The New Phytologist - Page 82edited by - 1905Full view - About this book
 | Karl Goebel - Botany - 1900 - 298 pages
...without having undertaken a careful testing of the whole of the experimental cultivation. In other words, I do not think that up till now any more has been...formation of prickles and thorns is retarded, there is not proof that it can be suppressed. That the formation of thorns and prickles is dependent on quite... | |
 | Robert Malcolm Laing, Ellen W. Blackwell - Botany - 1907 - 476 pages
...perhaps the greatest living botanist, recently said : — " I do not think that up till now anymore has been proved, than that in moist air the formation...retarded ; there is no proof that it can be suppressed."! Dr. Cockayne seems clearly to have shewn that complete suppression is possible. Such a remarkable experiment... | |
 | Robert Malcolm Laing, Ellen W. Blackwell, Ellen W. Blackwell Maidment - Botany - 1927 - 492 pages
...Cockayne's experiment is unique. Goebel, one of the greatest of modern botanists, recently said : — "I do not think that up till now any more has been...retarded ; there is no proof that it can be suppressed. ' '* Dr. Cockayne seems clearly to have shewn that complete suppression is possible. Such a remarkable... | |
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