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... America . On the coast of Peru , Darwin found heads of it , along with eighteen recent species of marine shells , in a raised beach eighty - five feet above the level of the sea ; and in the same country it has been found in tombs ...
... America . On the coast of Peru , Darwin found heads of it , along with eighteen recent species of marine shells , in a raised beach eighty - five feet above the level of the sea ; and in the same country it has been found in tombs ...
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... America - Propagated from shoots - Do not generally mature their seeds - Fig - trees - Granadillos and Papaws ... America begins to widen out northward of the narrow isthmus of Panama and Costa Rica . It is in the midst of the great ...
... America - Propagated from shoots - Do not generally mature their seeds - Fig - trees - Granadillos and Papaws ... America begins to widen out northward of the narrow isthmus of Panama and Costa Rica . It is in the midst of the great ...
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... America ; but none of them frequented the flowers of the scarlet runner , and to that circumstance we may safely ascribe its sterility . An analogous case has been long known . The vanilla plant ( Vanilla planifolia ) has been ...
... America ; but none of them frequented the flowers of the scarlet runner , and to that circumstance we may safely ascribe its sterility . An analogous case has been long known . The vanilla plant ( Vanilla planifolia ) has been ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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