An acre of poppies and a forest of spruce boggle no one’s mind. Even ten square miles of wheat gladdens the hearts of most . . . No, in the plant world, and especially among...

If it was the warmth of the sun, and not its light, that produced this operation, it would follow, that, by warming the water near the fire about as much as it would have been...

Nature, … in order to carry out the marvelous operations [that occur] in animals and plants has been pleased to construct their organized bodies with a very large number of machines, which are of necessity...

If built as projected, this will be one of the cleanest plants in the world.

We do have a huge problem with air pollution in Ohio and part of the reason is the power plants … which are old, dirty and burn coal.

The power to assimilate crude inorganic matter as it is found in the soil, and convert it into living protoplasm and other organic substances, or to use such substances in performing physiological function, does not...

We need to have engine (capacity) very close to our plants. There is no reason why we wouldn’t consider Michigan.

For him I was like the land, something to care for…well, he loved to make things grow. But he resembled the land more than me. He needed constant cultivation, or the fruit turned wild.

She held out her hands, cupped and holding a small plant.’The power to heal is the power to destroy,’ she said with the faintest smile.

Love and work are to people what water and sunshine are to plants.

With the exercise of a little care, the nettle could be made useful; it is neglected and it becomes hurtful. It is exterminated. How many men resemble the nettle!” He added with a pause: “Remember...