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Principles of the anatomy and physiology of the vegetable cell

1853; The Company of Biologists; Volume: S1-1; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1242/jcs.s1-1.4.287

1477-9137

Hugo von Mohl,

Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies

ABSTRACT The use of the microscope alone has rendered the production of such a work as this possible. It is only a few years ago, if the existence of cells in plants was not altogether ignored, that their presence was regarded as a matter of little or no consequence, and vegetable physiologists speculated on the functions of plants, without knowing anything of the agencies by which they were produced. Microscopic research has, however, shown us that it is in the interior of these minute constituents of vegetable tissue that all the functions of plants are carried on. Hence we may truly say that the principles of the anatomy and physiology of the vegetable cell are the principles of vegetable anatomy and physiology.