The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
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... treesGranadillas and papaws – Vegetables - Dependence of flowers on
insects for their fertilisation - Insect plagues — Leaf - cutting ants : their method of
defoliating trees : their nests — Some trees are not touched by the ants - Foreign
trees ...
... treesGranadillas and papaws – Vegetables - Dependence of flowers on
insects for their fertilisation - Insect plagues — Leaf - cutting ants : their method of
defoliating trees : their nests — Some trees are not touched by the ants - Foreign
trees ...
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Others are nearly hidden amongst palms and breadfruit , orange , mango , and
other tropical fruit trees . A lovely creeper ( Antigonon leptopus ) , with festoons of
pink and rose - coloured flowers , adorns some of the gardens . It is called la ...
Others are nearly hidden amongst palms and breadfruit , orange , mango , and
other tropical fruit trees . A lovely creeper ( Antigonon leptopus ) , with festoons of
pink and rose - coloured flowers , adorns some of the gardens . It is called la ...
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Surrounding the cleared portions around Greytown is a scrubby bush , amongst
which are many guayava trees ( Psidium sp . ) having a fruit like a small apple
filled with seeds , of a sub - acid flavour , from which the celebrated guava jelly is
...
Surrounding the cleared portions around Greytown is a scrubby bush , amongst
which are many guayava trees ( Psidium sp . ) having a fruit like a small apple
filled with seeds , of a sub - acid flavour , from which the celebrated guava jelly is
...
Page 8
... and bark of trees , and between insects and inanimate nature . They serve
often for concealment , as when leaves are innitated by leaf - insects and many
butterflies , or for a disguise that enables predatory species to get within reach of
their ...
... and bark of trees , and between insects and inanimate nature . They serve
often for concealment , as when leaves are innitated by leaf - insects and many
butterflies , or for a disguise that enables predatory species to get within reach of
their ...
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Greytown , with its neat white houses , and feathery palms , and large - leaved
bread - fruit trees , was soon shut out from our view , and our boatmen plying their
paddles with the greatest dexterity and force , made the canoe shoot along ...
Greytown , with its neat white houses , and feathery palms , and large - leaved
bread - fruit trees , was soon shut out from our view , and our boatmen plying their
paddles with the greatest dexterity and force , made the canoe shoot along ...
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | E. Bumpus, 1888 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 nov. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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