Show HOW MANY PLANTS What the Imturi > lit Tell Us Abut the Nnn1 of FIxele I Tlio number of Olfluuit Linda of plants that tire to lio I found on the surface the clotm ling long been n tllxjuittd question Ihohlitoryof tlie efforts to domln I I 0 cuio on Tie efforts hruon In auo 1 G with Tbrlhrtl wh calls mr1 WO Ihd or plnI3 Thmoy hot vreputnet to ho-t rorrnt oil thus vere then kn 1 Tile botanical knowledge otKInK 1 holomon lad thon tvmparillvely nnriovv IliiiHn even though ho dbconrsod on all tile ilouH from tlio cedar of Lcbnnon to the i jsson on tile vv al 1 PlinyA D TO Increased tho number t ilcullo that named by Theuphrnltlm In tbo beginning 01 Uorntenth cnn hJ ilia nllmbr h1 increased t 0000 The second edition 01 Llunn great back Included no moro than 8800 llldcnow up to 1S07 had I detected 17137 Fcahs c flowering rnnti rrom thin period tlio Increase the nuint ref Lnown cpnclii Is very rapid as a result of the stimulus given t botany by Llnnaus und his sue outliers so that at the blnnlllf 01 tbo rrewmt century Robert Drown had c I in te tie t flowering plants nt 37000 nnd IhindkohItn1l r1nnts flaro2n6g 1111 non flontrln at 44000 Progressing tu further In 1820 Ite Cnudcilla estimated Hat at least 50000 vr hoowo I was found that ilia 1un bar of s coles preserved In tho hertuirllim at the Jnrd1n lies 1linrn was estimated nt tb I raine again and hat tho collection of M Dcleswrt con tained 60000 tijiiilua l In 187 altliouih Dr Llndloy had estimated In 105 Hint all tile llants In the world light lio 1 Included In that number llumtcldl entered upon a series of cal ctilitltmnbout this th 10 to thow that nil these estimates fell short ot Iho nnnber tbatlllslitbo Clippocd tanltt Kucli consider itlcns Lo writes seem to erlfy the ancient myth of tho 7ond Avert i that the creating of primeval form called forth 120000 viactnblu forms from tha steered Lloinl ol f file bull In I 18111 13 lllcfls cttonlcd Ilia 1 Jn elnte tliephe norn into nnd crvrtogamlo ilautlnt lilt COO species Tile licit rsllmulo we moet will Is In Hcnfrry In 1S57 SI3000 but In 1S55 DoCnnduIlo bad by another ircccts I of rnlng rome to the roneolon Ihnt I the total coulil not b less Uian 875000 for flowrrlag plauts At tbe t present time thevcry lowest oil mate of aiitlientlo eev0ry cryptogamli cannot lie loss than tOOOOO and they probably prob-ably cicroil that uuuibcr Hero then we havo All appruidult Idea or whnt lany lit rognl1 m n very low elmot oC Un lunb r0f1t1b1eo1011t of plants soatteml over tho C oC tbo at LtwolfcolconfIcIcn Innswrtlng Iliattbiro r not loss thin 600000 illtlnct and dlderent epeelci < of regetnblo orgonhm Including bind ont water It Is Locauso It has 1 been proved tl at the number Is oven In excess DC that rhllvdeilphla Time |