The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living FormsJ. Murray, 1874 - 403 pages |
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... trees - Granadillas and Papaws - Vegetables - Dependence of Flowers on Insects for their Fertilization - Insect Plagues - Leaf - cutting Ants : their method of defoliating Trees : their Nests - Some Trees are not touched by the Ants ...
... trees - Granadillas and Papaws - Vegetables - Dependence of Flowers on Insects for their Fertilization - Insect Plagues - Leaf - cutting Ants : their method of defoliating Trees : their Nests - Some Trees are not touched by the Ants ...
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... trees . A lovely creeper ( Antigonon leptopus ) , with festoons of pink and rose - coloured flowers , adorns some of the gardens . It is called la vegessima , " the beautiful , " by the natives , and I found it afterwards growing wild ...
... trees . A lovely creeper ( Antigonon leptopus ) , with festoons of pink and rose - coloured flowers , adorns some of the gardens . It is called la vegessima , " the beautiful , " by the natives , and I found it afterwards growing wild ...
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... trees- covered with numerous epiphytes - Tillandsias , orchids , ferns , and a hundred others , that make every big tree an aërial botanical garden . Great arums are perched on . the forks and send down roots like cords to the ground ...
... trees- covered with numerous epiphytes - Tillandsias , orchids , ferns , and a hundred others , that make every big tree an aërial botanical garden . Great arums are perched on . the forks and send down roots like cords to the ground ...
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... trees , and between insects and inanimate nature . They serve often for concealment , as when leaves are imitated by leaf - insects and many but- terflies ; or for a disguise that enables predatory species to get within reach of their ...
... trees , and between insects and inanimate nature . They serve often for concealment , as when leaves are imitated by leaf - insects and many but- terflies ; or for a disguise that enables predatory species to get within reach of their ...
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... trees grew , I saw several dark objects lying close to the water on the shelving banks . They were alligators basking in the sun . As I approached , most of them crawled into the water . Mr. Hollenbeck had been down a few days before ...
... trees grew , I saw several dark objects lying close to the water on the shelving banks . They were alligators basking in the sun . As I approached , most of them crawled into the water . Mr. Hollenbeck had been down a few days before ...
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