Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page viii
... types which once inhabited the temperate zones open up so many interesting questions as to the past history of the earth , that the present inquiry may be considered a necessary preliminary to a study of the problem - how to determine ...
... types which once inhabited the temperate zones open up so many interesting questions as to the past history of the earth , that the present inquiry may be considered a necessary preliminary to a study of the problem - how to determine ...
Page 33
... types of leaf not common in the temperate zone , although the great mass of the trees offer nothing very remarkable in this respect . First , we have many trees with large , thick , and glossy leaves , like those of the cherry - laurel ...
... types of leaf not common in the temperate zone , although the great mass of the trees offer nothing very remarkable in this respect . First , we have many trees with large , thick , and glossy leaves , like those of the cherry - laurel ...
Page 46
... type of plants which , next to palms , most attracts attention in the equatorial zone , is perhaps that of the ferns , which here display themselves in vast profusion and variety . They grow abundantly on rocks and on decaying trees ...
... type of plants which , next to palms , most attracts attention in the equatorial zone , is perhaps that of the ferns , which here display themselves in vast profusion and variety . They grow abundantly on rocks and on decaying trees ...
Page 53
... type of vegetation , the bamboo seems specially adapted for the use of half - civilized man in a wild tropical country ; and the purposes to which it is applied are almost endless . It is a natural column or cylinder , very straight ...
... type of vegetation , the bamboo seems specially adapted for the use of half - civilized man in a wild tropical country ; and the purposes to which it is applied are almost endless . It is a natural column or cylinder , very straight ...
Page 66
... type of vegetation from monopolising territory to the exclusion of the rest . The same general causes have led to the filling up of every place in nature with some specially adapted form . Thus we find a forest of smaller trees adapted ...
... type of vegetation from monopolising territory to the exclusion of the rest . The same general causes have led to the filling up of every place in nature with some specially adapted form . Thus we find a forest of smaller trees adapted ...
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