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Humour me…

Posted on February 6th, 2013 by Nigel Chaffey

Image: Wikimedia Commons.

Many of the Ancients believed that all things were composed of four ‘elements’ – earth, fire, air and water. Although we generally ‘believe’ differently today (after all, we’ve discovered elements composed of protons, neutrons, electrons, etc), that quartet still exerts a profound influence on plant life. So, over my next few posts there follows a modern-day take on that ancient theme.

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About Nigel Chaffey

Nigel is a botanist and full-time academic in a UK university. As News Editor for the Annals of Botany he contributes the monthly Plant Cuttings column to that august international botanical organ. His main goal is to inform (hopefully, in an amusing, educational, and entertaining way...) about plants and plant-people interactions.

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