Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page vii
... beautiful object has been described in detail ; and both the scenery and the natural phenomena of the tropics have been depicted by master hands and with glowing colours . But , so far as I am aware , no one has yet attempted to give a ...
... beautiful object has been described in detail ; and both the scenery and the natural phenomena of the tropics have been depicted by master hands and with glowing colours . But , so far as I am aware , no one has yet attempted to give a ...
Page xii
... Beautiful - Why Allied Species of Flowers differ in Size and Beauty- Absence of Colours in Wind - fertilized Flowers - The same Theory of Colour applicable to Animals and Plants - Relation of the Colours of Flowers and their ...
... Beautiful - Why Allied Species of Flowers differ in Size and Beauty- Absence of Colours in Wind - fertilized Flowers - The same Theory of Colour applicable to Animals and Plants - Relation of the Colours of Flowers and their ...
Page 35
... beautiful examples of this mode of flowering is a small tree of the genus Polyalthea , belonging to the family of the custard - apples , not uncommon in the forests of North- western Borneo . Its slender trunk , about fifteen or twenty ...
... beautiful examples of this mode of flowering is a small tree of the genus Polyalthea , belonging to the family of the custard - apples , not uncommon in the forests of North- western Borneo . Its slender trunk , about fifteen or twenty ...
Page 46
... beautiful vegetation of the tropics , or in relation to the manners and customs , the lives and the well - being of the indigenous inhabitants . Ferns . - The type of plants which , next to palms , most attracts attention in the ...
... beautiful vegetation of the tropics , or in relation to the manners and customs , the lives and the well - being of the indigenous inhabitants . Ferns . - The type of plants which , next to palms , most attracts attention in the ...
Page 47
... beautiful productions of the tropics . Many species occur wild in the forests ; all have majestic foliage and handsome flowers , while some produce edible fruit . Of the ginger - worts ( Zingi- beracea and Marantaceae ) , the well known ...
... beautiful productions of the tropics . Many species occur wild in the forests ; all have majestic foliage and handsome flowers , while some produce edible fruit . Of the ginger - worts ( Zingi- beracea and Marantaceae ) , the well known ...
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abundant adapted adorned Africa allied Amazon animals ants attract bamboo Batavia beautiful become beetles birds blue Borneo brilliant butterflies carnivora causes change of colour character characteristic climate Colours of Animals conspicuous continent curious Danaidæ Darwin distinct elegant equatorial zone existence extensive fact families favourable feet female ferns fertilization flowers foliage forest-trees fruits genera genus greater green groups habits heat humming-birds hyænas immense inhabit insects Juan Fernandez kinds land larger larvæ leaves lemurs less light Madagascar Malay Archipelago male mammalia Miocene monkeys natural selection naturalists nests North observed occur organic ornaments Palearctic palms parrots peculiar perhaps phenomena plants plumage probably produced proportion protection rays region remarkable resemble sexual selection showy slender sometimes South America species spots structure sun-birds surface tail temperate zones temperature theory tints tion toucans trees trunks uneatable variation varied variety various vegetation whole wings yellow