Bacon grew several terrestrial plants , including a rose , in water and concluded that soil was only needed to keep the plant upright .
Sir Francis Bacon published one of the first plant physiology experiments in 1627 in the book , Sylva Sylvarum .
Sir grew several terrestrial plants , including a rose , in water and concluded that soil was only needed to keep the plant upright .
Sir Francis Bacon published one of the first plant physiology experiments in 1627 in the book , Sylva Sylvarum .