My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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Page 192
... species and which were wholly foreign , nor was any indication given of their general distri- bution or whether they comprised numerous or few genera or species . The inclusion of all the natural orders and the excellent woodcuts ...
... species and which were wholly foreign , nor was any indication given of their general distri- bution or whether they comprised numerous or few genera or species . The inclusion of all the natural orders and the excellent woodcuts ...
Page 193
... species of many plants by the very condensed but clear descriptions , and I therefore copied out the characters of every British species there given . As Lindley's volume had rather broad margins , I found room for all the orders which ...
... species of many plants by the very condensed but clear descriptions , and I therefore copied out the characters of every British species there given . As Lindley's volume had rather broad margins , I found room for all the orders which ...
Page 194
... species , and which , I believe , had its share in producing that longing for the tropics which a few years later was satisfied in the equa- torial forests of the Amazon . But I soon found that by merely identifying the plants I found ...
... species , and which , I believe , had its share in producing that longing for the tropics which a few years later was satisfied in the equa- torial forests of the Amazon . But I soon found that by merely identifying the plants I found ...
Page 195
... species with greater ease . The Crucifers , the Pea tribe , the Umbelliferæ , the Compositæ , and the Labiates offered great difficulties , and it was only after repeated efforts that I was able to name with certainty a few of the species ...
... species with greater ease . The Crucifers , the Pea tribe , the Umbelliferæ , the Compositæ , and the Labiates offered great difficulties , and it was only after repeated efforts that I was able to name with certainty a few of the species ...
Page 199
... species before used , and by classifying all known plants by means of a few well - marked and easily observed characters . I then showed how and why this classification was only occasionally , and as it were accidentally , a natural one ...
... species before used , and by classifying all known plants by means of a few well - marked and easily observed characters . I then showed how and why this classification was only occasionally , and as it were accidentally , a natural one ...
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