Nature is full of wonders, but the wonders of the reporter’s imagination so far outstrip the wonders of
nature, that as a people, we still prefer the reporter’s version. The best selling popular science is that in which
animals think, act and often talk, exactly like human beings, and in which plants are endowed with instincts
that properly belong to animals alone. Instances are so abundant in the lay press that scientific publications no
longer take notice of them, but when a publication devoted to science publishes such stories for the truth, it is time
someone pointed out their falsity.
Some Plant Myths, The American Botanist, v 9 #1, 1905
Some Plant Myths, The American Botanist, v 9 #1, 1905