Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... fertilized Flowers - The same Theory of Colour applicable to Animals and Plants - Relation of the Colours of Flowers and their Geographical Distribution - Recent Views as to the Direct Action of Light on the Colours of Flowers and ...
... fertilized Flowers - The same Theory of Colour applicable to Animals and Plants - Relation of the Colours of Flowers and their Geographical Distribution - Recent Views as to the Direct Action of Light on the Colours of Flowers and ...
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... fertilization of flowers offers a very probable explanation of this peculiarity . Bees and butterflies The former love the are the greatest flower - haunters . sun and frequent open grounds or the flowery tops of the lofty forest ...
... fertilization of flowers offers a very probable explanation of this peculiarity . Bees and butterflies The former love the are the greatest flower - haunters . sun and frequent open grounds or the flowery tops of the lofty forest ...
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... fertilize them , may perhaps be connected with the comparative scarcity of the former in the equatorial forests ... fertilization of the countless millions of forest - trees over such vast areas as the equatorial zone presents , and ...
... fertilize them , may perhaps be connected with the comparative scarcity of the former in the equatorial forests ... fertilization of the countless millions of forest - trees over such vast areas as the equatorial zone presents , and ...
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... fertilization by the agency of the wind . Were there not some such limitation as this , we should expect that the continued struggle for existence among the plants of the tropical forests would have led to the acquisition , by a much ...
... fertilization by the agency of the wind . Were there not some such limitation as this , we should expect that the continued struggle for existence among the plants of the tropical forests would have led to the acquisition , by a much ...
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... fertilized Flowers - The same Theory of Colour applicable to Animals and Plants - Relation of the Colours of Flowers and their Geographical Distribution - Recent Views as to the Direct Action of Light on the Colours of Flowers and ...
... fertilized Flowers - The same Theory of Colour applicable to Animals and Plants - Relation of the Colours of Flowers and their Geographical Distribution - Recent Views as to the Direct Action of Light on the Colours of Flowers and ...
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