CHAPTER IV

.--EXAMINATION OF THE PROCESS OF REPRODUCTION IN

ANIMALS AND PLANTS, AND CONSEQUENT SPECULATIONS.

_Sect._ 1. The Examination of the Process of Reproduction in Animals. 455 _Sect._ 2. " " " " in Vegetables. 457 _Sect._ 3. The Consequent Speculations.--Hypotheses of Generation. 459

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