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Page 57
The vanilla plant ( Vanilla planifolia ) has been introduced from tropical America
into India , but though it grows well ... of the natural productions of one country on
the soil of some distant one , study the mutual relations of plants and animals ...
The vanilla plant ( Vanilla planifolia ) has been introduced from tropical America
into India , but though it grows well ... of the natural productions of one country on
the soil of some distant one , study the mutual relations of plants and animals ...
Page 174
If so , we have an instance of two insects and a plant living together , and all
benefiting by the companionship . ... Amongst the numerous plants that do not
provide houses , but attract ants to their leaves and flower - buds by means of ...
If so , we have an instance of two insects and a plant living together , and all
benefiting by the companionship . ... Amongst the numerous plants that do not
provide houses , but attract ants to their leaves and flower - buds by means of ...
Page 253
Alph . de Candolle has remarked that in large groups of plants which have many
terrestrial and only a few aquatic species the latter have a far wider distribution
than the former . It is well known to botanists that many fresh - water and marsh ...
Alph . de Candolle has remarked that in large groups of plants which have many
terrestrial and only a few aquatic species the latter have a far wider distribution
than the former . It is well known to botanists that many fresh - water and marsh ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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