Who said "The history of life is written in every leaf and stem."?

This quote is attributed to Hugo de Vries.

The history of life is written in every leaf and stem. - Hugo de Vries

"The history of life is written in every leaf and stem."

Hugo de Vries History

Botanist and Geneticist Dutch 1848–1935

"Mutation is the only source of novelty in evolution"

"Nature does not proceed by leaps"

"The origin of species lies in the nature of variation"

"Evolution is a process of continuous change"

"I've seen a lot of things in my time."

"That's how we archaeologists tell time."

"We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it."

"Every artifact tells a story."