Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 31
... variety of distinct groups . Thus , many of the Bombaceæ or silk - cotton trees , several of the Leguminosae , and perhaps many trees belonging to other natural orders , possess these appendages . There is another form of tree , hardly ...
... variety of distinct groups . Thus , many of the Bombaceæ or silk - cotton trees , several of the Leguminosae , and perhaps many trees belonging to other natural orders , possess these appendages . There is another form of tree , hardly ...
Page 34
... variety . Sometimes it is completely bare , a mass of decaying leaves and twigs and fallen fruits . More frequently it is covered with a dense carpet of selaginella or other lycopodiaceæ , and these sometimes give place to a variety of ...
... variety . Sometimes it is completely bare , a mass of decaying leaves and twigs and fallen fruits . More frequently it is covered with a dense carpet of selaginella or other lycopodiaceæ , and these sometimes give place to a variety of ...
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... the wandering butterflies . Uses of Equatorial Forest - trees . - Amid this immense variety of trees , the natives have found out such as are best adapted to certain purposes . The wood of some D 2 FLOWERING TRUNKS . 35.
... the wandering butterflies . Uses of Equatorial Forest - trees . - Amid this immense variety of trees , the natives have found out such as are best adapted to certain purposes . The wood of some D 2 FLOWERING TRUNKS . 35.
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... forest as if guided by the strangest caprices , or how they become so crossed and tangled together in the wildest confusion . The variety in the length , thickness , strength and 38 TROPICAL NATURE , AND OTHER ESSAYS .
... forest as if guided by the strangest caprices , or how they become so crossed and tangled together in the wildest confusion . The variety in the length , thickness , strength and 38 TROPICAL NATURE , AND OTHER ESSAYS .
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Alfred Russel Wallace. The variety in the length , thickness , strength and toughness of these climbers , enables the natives of tropical countries to put them to various uses . Almost every kind of cordage is supplied by them . Some ...
Alfred Russel Wallace. The variety in the length , thickness , strength and toughness of these climbers , enables the natives of tropical countries to put them to various uses . Almost every kind of cordage is supplied by them . Some ...
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