To the tunic of leaves by which plants are covered is due all the magnificence of creation. The flowers, indeed, form a charming ornament which attracts and seduces the eye, but they remain unnoticed in the grand scenes of Nature, when she unrolls before us her most splendid landscapes, her sombre forests, or her immense extended plains of verdure.


The Universe: Or, The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little, Book I, Chapter III (p. 384), Blackie & Son. 1870

Félix Archimède Pouchet Quotes

To the tunic of leaves by which plants are covered is due all the magnificence of creation. The flowers, indeed, form a charming ornament which...

To the tunic of leaves by which plants are covered is due all the magnificence of creation. The flowers, indeed, form a charming ornament which...

To the tunic of leaves by which plants are covered is due all the magnificence of creation. The flowers, indeed, form a charming ornament which...

To the tunic of leaves by which plants are covered is due all the magnificence of creation. The flowers, indeed, form a charming ornament which...