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Libro - GOETHE - The Metamorphosis of Plants

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Metamorphosis</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Plants</strong><br />

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<strong>The</strong> primary, simple, slow process <strong>of</strong> plant reproduction is based<br />

on the successive development <strong>of</strong> one node from the other, and the<br />

growth <strong>of</strong> an eye close to it.<br />

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We know that such an eye is similar to the ripe seed in its effect; in<br />

fact, we can <strong>of</strong>ten recognize the whole shape <strong>of</strong> the potential plant<br />

more easily in the eye than in the seed.<br />

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Although the root point 13 is hard to find in the eye, it is just as much<br />

there as in the seed, and will develop quickly and easily, especially in<br />

the presence <strong>of</strong> moisture.<br />

Image 47: Potato (Solanum tuberosum) with sprouts growing from eyes<br />

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