Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page viii
... character of their organic remains . This part of the subject is however both complex and difficult , and I have only attempted to indicate what seem to me the special physical conditions to which the existing peculiarities of tropical ...
... character of their organic remains . This part of the subject is however both complex and difficult , and I have only attempted to indicate what seem to me the special physical conditions to which the existing peculiarities of tropical ...
Page 22
... character ; when , suddenly , the sun's rim appears above the horizon , decking the dew - laden foliage with glittering gems , sending gleams of golden light far into the woods , and waking up all nature to life and activity . Birds ...
... character ; when , suddenly , the sun's rim appears above the horizon , decking the dew - laden foliage with glittering gems , sending gleams of golden light far into the woods , and waking up all nature to life and activity . Birds ...
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... character . It was a noble 1 3 Sections of trunk of a Bornean Forest - tree . 1. Section at seven feet from the ground . 2. 3. Sections much higher up . forest - tree , more than 200 feet high , but rather slender in proportion , and it ...
... character . It was a noble 1 3 Sections of trunk of a Bornean Forest - tree . 1. Section at seven feet from the ground . 2. 3. Sections much higher up . forest - tree , more than 200 feet high , but rather slender in proportion , and it ...
Page 39
... less present , though in some parts scarce and in others in great pro- fusion , and which largely aid in giving a special character to tropical as distinguished from temperate vegetation : Such are USES OF CLIMBERS . 39.
... less present , though in some parts scarce and in others in great pro- fusion , and which largely aid in giving a special character to tropical as distinguished from temperate vegetation : Such are USES OF CLIMBERS . 39.
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... character as bright - coloured flowers , this being almost a necessary preliminary to a participation in the benefits which have been proved to arise from cross- fertilization by insect agency . Concluding Remarks on Tropical Vegetation ...
... character as bright - coloured flowers , this being almost a necessary preliminary to a participation in the benefits which have been proved to arise from cross- fertilization by insect agency . Concluding Remarks on Tropical Vegetation ...
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