Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... trees - Flowery Trunks and their Probable Cause - Uses of Equatorial Forest - trees -- The Climbing Plants of the Equatorial Forests - Palms - Uses of Palm - trees and their Pro- ducts - Ferns - Ginger - worts and Wild Bananas -- Arums ...
... trees - Flowery Trunks and their Probable Cause - Uses of Equatorial Forest - trees -- The Climbing Plants of the Equatorial Forests - Palms - Uses of Palm - trees and their Pro- ducts - Ferns - Ginger - worts and Wild Bananas -- Arums ...
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... trees produce two crops a year . In other cases , more than one complete year is required to mature the large and massive fruits , so that it is not uncommon for fruit to be ripe at the same time that the tree is covered with flowers ...
... trees produce two crops a year . In other cases , more than one complete year is required to mature the large and massive fruits , so that it is not uncommon for fruit to be ripe at the same time that the tree is covered with flowers ...
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Alfred Russel Wallace. cultivated country . The open sandy country with scattered trees and shrubs or occasional thickets , which is found at Santarem and Monte - Alegre on the lower Amazon , are examples , as well as the open cultivated ...
Alfred Russel Wallace. cultivated country . The open sandy country with scattered trees and shrubs or occasional thickets , which is found at Santarem and Monte - Alegre on the lower Amazon , are examples , as well as the open cultivated ...
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... Then the rush of a mighty wind is heard through the forest , swaying the tree - tops ; a vivid flash of lightning bursts forth , then a crash of thunder , and down streams the deluging rain CLIMATE OF THE AMAZON . 25.
... Then the rush of a mighty wind is heard through the forest , swaying the tree - tops ; a vivid flash of lightning bursts forth , then a crash of thunder , and down streams the deluging rain CLIMATE OF THE AMAZON . 25.
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... trees . Towards evening life revives . again , and the ringing uproar is resumed from bush and tree . The following morning the sun again rises in a cloudless sky ; and so the cycle is completed ; spring , summer , and autumn , as it ...
... trees . Towards evening life revives . again , and the ringing uproar is resumed from bush and tree . The following morning the sun again rises in a cloudless sky ; and so the cycle is completed ; spring , summer , and autumn , as it ...
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