Hardwicke's Science-gossipRobert Hardwicke, 1885 |
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... species , was growing out of a wall . It had escaped the heavy snows , and we left the plant in the hope that sunny days might preserve the handsome coloured stem for the last few weeks of the year . In the dry bed of a mountain torrent ...
... species , was growing out of a wall . It had escaped the heavy snows , and we left the plant in the hope that sunny days might preserve the handsome coloured stem for the last few weeks of the year . In the dry bed of a mountain torrent ...
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... species and sub - species , and in many cases that of varieties . English botanists will have to adopt the earlier names he uses , as the only safe rule for botanical nomenclature is that of absolute priority . The classification of the ...
... species and sub - species , and in many cases that of varieties . English botanists will have to adopt the earlier names he uses , as the only safe rule for botanical nomenclature is that of absolute priority . The classification of the ...
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... species which have been examined by himself , and , with one or two exceptions , all are in his own herbarium . The list includes about 270 species , and about the same number of " hosts ; but he thinks their number will be doubled by a ...
... species which have been examined by himself , and , with one or two exceptions , all are in his own herbarium . The list includes about 270 species , and about the same number of " hosts ; but he thinks their number will be doubled by a ...
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... species of mollusca , inclusive of a few of which only fragments have as yet occurred , and of several minute species . Among these , besides some that are apparently altogether new , are some particularly characteristic species of the ...
... species of mollusca , inclusive of a few of which only fragments have as yet occurred , and of several minute species . Among these , besides some that are apparently altogether new , are some particularly characteristic species of the ...
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... species . Mr. Harmer mentions large anodons , 6 in . I took , a month since , at Sutton in Ashfield , in this county , some 300 specimens of A. cygnea , 150 of which measure more than 6 in . One specimen measures 7 in . , two more 7 in ...
... species . Mr. Harmer mentions large anodons , 6 in . I took , a month since , at Sutton in Ashfield , in this county , some 300 specimens of A. cygnea , 150 of which measure more than 6 in . One specimen measures 7 in . , two more 7 in ...
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