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Page 47
At first the road lay through small trees and brushwood , a second growth that
had sprung up where the original forest had been cut for maize plantations ; but
after passing a brook bordered by numerous plants of the pita , from which a fine
...
At first the road lay through small trees and brushwood , a second growth that
had sprung up where the original forest had been cut for maize plantations ; but
after passing a brook bordered by numerous plants of the pita , from which a fine
...
Page 56
may be the case in trees , such as apples , that have come under their notice ;
and the reason that the varieties die out after a certain time , if not reproduced
from seed , may be that the vigour of the trees is at last used up by the production
of ...
may be the case in trees , such as apples , that have come under their notice ;
and the reason that the varieties die out after a certain time , if not reproduced
from seed , may be that the vigour of the trees is at last used up by the production
of ...
Page 58
forests , their ceaseless pertinacity in the spoliation of the trees — more
particularly of introduced species — which are stripped bare and ragged with the
midribs and a few jagged points of the leaves only left . Many a young plantation
of ...
forests , their ceaseless pertinacity in the spoliation of the trees — more
particularly of introduced species — which are stripped bare and ragged with the
midribs and a few jagged points of the leaves only left . Many a young plantation
of ...
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