Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Alfred Russel Wallace. THE TROPICS . LAND of the Sun ! where joyous green - robed Spring And leaf - crowned Summer deck the Earth for ever ; No Winter stern their sweet embrace to sever And numb to silence every living thing , But bird ...
Alfred Russel Wallace. THE TROPICS . LAND of the Sun ! where joyous green - robed Spring And leaf - crowned Summer deck the Earth for ever ; No Winter stern their sweet embrace to sever And numb to silence every living thing , But bird ...
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... social pleasure . Land of green fields and flowers ! Thou givest birth To shifting scenes of beauty , which outshine Th ' unvarying splendours of the Tropic's clime . PREFACE . THE luxuriance and beauty of Tropical Nature is.
... social pleasure . Land of green fields and flowers ! Thou givest birth To shifting scenes of beauty , which outshine Th ' unvarying splendours of the Tropic's clime . PREFACE . THE luxuriance and beauty of Tropical Nature is.
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... green , yellowish , or brown colours , or occasionally nearly black . Some are perfectly smooth , others deeply cracked and furrowed , while in a considerable number the bark splits off in flakes or hangs down in long fibrous ribands ...
... green , yellowish , or brown colours , or occasionally nearly black . Some are perfectly smooth , others deeply cracked and furrowed , while in a considerable number the bark splits off in flakes or hangs down in long fibrous ribands ...
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... green state it is an excellent vegetable resembling roasted chestnuts ; when ripe it is sometimes pulped and boiled with water , making a very agreeable sweet soup ; or it is roasted , or cut into slices and fried , in either form being ...
... green state it is an excellent vegetable resembling roasted chestnuts ; when ripe it is sometimes pulped and boiled with water , making a very agreeable sweet soup ; or it is roasted , or cut into slices and fried , in either form being ...
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... green or dry is almost entirely free from any peculiar taste or smell . The way in which these various qualities of the bamboo render it so valuable , will be best shown by giving a brief account of some of the uses to which it is ...
... green or dry is almost entirely free from any peculiar taste or smell . The way in which these various qualities of the bamboo render it so valuable , will be best shown by giving a brief account of some of the uses to which it is ...
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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