Word: speciesism
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Mr. J. G. Jack will conduct a series of lectures and field meetings at the Arnold Arboretum during May and June for the purpose of supplying popular instruction about trees and shrubs which grow in New England. They will be held on Saturday mornings at ten o'clock and on...
After pointing out the lack of any natural boundaries separating New England from its neighbors, he said that only about twenty of the sixteen hundred flowering plants of the district could be called characteristic. All of the rest pass freely back and forth over barriers which exist only on the...
Many important facts regarding the distribution of plants and the relationships of our species to those of more favored climates were presented by the lecturer, and a comparison was drawn between our attractive spring flowers and the flowers in the tropics. The comparison left no doubt that in point of...
This antagonism is seen in the theory of natural selection which underlies evolution. In the lower species the range of functions exercised is small, and weakness in any of them is likely to result in extinction. In the more highly evolved species there is a greater number of faculties and...
Comparatively few students, other than those who are taking botanical courses at the University, know what a charming display of native and foreign flowers can now be seen at the University Garden. On entering the gate on Garden street, one finds, on the left hand, arranged in a roockery, a...