Movement is not nearly so great in plants as it is in animals, and most plants are firmly fastened in the ground. Yet there are some plants in which we can see very rapid movements of some of the parts, while many simple little plants living in water can swim actively about like animals. All plants show some form of movement, though it is generally slow.
As a result, we find that all the signs of life we noted in animals, viz. breathing, eating, growing, and moving, are to be found in plants, and we must look on them as being just as much alive as animals. We can see that their mode of life and the work they do are distinctly different from those of the animals, but they are no less vital, and important for the world as a whole.
PLATE II.
A WHOLE PLANT, TO SHOW ALL THE PARTS
A POPPY