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Sotheby’s bucked that preconception when the 1944 still life “Plant de Tomates,” sold to one of four telephone bidders for £17 million, an auction high for a still life by the artist.

Among them are the imposing 1944 Picasso still life “Plant de Tomates,” guaranteed by the house for at least £10 million, and the prime-period 1874 Alfred Sisley work “Effet de Neige à Louveciennes,” which will make at least £6 million, thanks to an irrevocable bidder.

Darwin corresponded with people from all walks of life, plant and animal breeders, gardeners and naturalists, but also diplomats and explorers.

Firstly, that in the world of Life, plant and animal, living attributes are divided into two contrasting orders.

Assisted migration, the conscious movement of one species of life -- plant or animal -- to another region, has been used for several years as a survival technique against climate change.