Tropical nature, and other essaysMacmillan, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... forest glades and tangled bowers , While the life - giving orb's effulgent beams Through all the circling year call forth the flowers . Here graceful palms , here luscious fruits have birth ; The fragrant coffee , life - sustaining rice ...
... forest glades and tangled bowers , While the life - giving orb's effulgent beams Through all the circling year call forth the flowers . Here graceful palms , here luscious fruits have birth ; The fragrant coffee , life - sustaining rice ...
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... Forest - belt and its Causes - General Features of the Equa- torial Forests - Low - growth Forest - trees - Flowery Trunks and their Probable Cause - Uses of Equatorial Forest - trees -- The Climbing Plants of the Equatorial Forests ...
... Forest - belt and its Causes - General Features of the Equa- torial Forests - Low - growth Forest - trees - Flowery Trunks and their Probable Cause - Uses of Equatorial Forest - trees -- The Climbing Plants of the Equatorial Forests ...
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... forest it has been unable to acquire the usual tropical warmth . The cause of the striking contrast between the climates of equatorial and temperate lands at times when both are receiving an approximately equal amount of solar heat may ...
... forest it has been unable to acquire the usual tropical warmth . The cause of the striking contrast between the climates of equatorial and temperate lands at times when both are receiving an approximately equal amount of solar heat may ...
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... forests , and also by the presence of hills and moun- tains , and is therefore greater on land than on the ocean ; while evaporation is much greater on the ocean , both on account of the less amount of cloudy weather and because the air ...
... forests , and also by the presence of hills and moun- tains , and is therefore greater on land than on the ocean ; while evaporation is much greater on the ocean , both on account of the less amount of cloudy weather and because the air ...
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... forests of the Amazon , and with many other tropical as with a few temperate fruits . Uniformity of the Equatorial ... forest , or with an open and more cultivated country . The open sandy country with scattered trees 18 TROPICAL NATURE ...
... forests of the Amazon , and with many other tropical as with a few temperate fruits . Uniformity of the Equatorial ... forest , or with an open and more cultivated country . The open sandy country with scattered trees 18 TROPICAL NATURE ...
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