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Page 39
In the midst of these plains there are some rocky knolls , like islands , on which
grow spiny cactuses , low leatheryleaved trees , slender , spiny palms , with plum
- like fruit , prickly acacias , and thorny bromelias . This spiny character of ...
In the midst of these plains there are some rocky knolls , like islands , on which
grow spiny cactuses , low leatheryleaved trees , slender , spiny palms , with plum
- like fruit , prickly acacias , and thorny bromelias . This spiny character of ...
Page 144
Some plants that hold liquids in cup - shaped leaves are simply insect traps ,
many of them growing in bogs , where the supply of moisture is perennial and
constant . Such is the Indian - cup ( Sarracenia ) that grows in the bogs of
Canada ...
Some plants that hold liquids in cup - shaped leaves are simply insect traps ,
many of them growing in bogs , where the supply of moisture is perennial and
constant . Such is the Indian - cup ( Sarracenia ) that grows in the bogs of
Canada ...
Page 228
A little maize was grown about this place , and the people told us that sugar
thrived , but the plantations of it were small and ill - kept , and everything had a
look ... They said that twenty years ago there was no bush growing around their
house .
A little maize was grown about this place , and the people told us that sugar
thrived , but the plantations of it were small and ill - kept , and everything had a
look ... They said that twenty years ago there was no bush growing around their
house .
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 561. number of Everyman's library Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Science Everyman's library. Travel and topography 561. number of Everyman's library: Science |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Contributor | Thomas Belt |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 7 jaan. 2010 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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