Tropical nature, and other essaysMacmillan, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... 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 and insect ever on the wing , Flitting ' mid forest glades and tangled bowers , While the ...
... 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 and insect ever on the wing , Flitting ' mid forest glades and tangled bowers , While the ...
Page vi
... leaf and opening flower , And Summer when the sun's creative power Brings leafy groves and glades of feathery fern , The glorious blossoms of sweet - scented May , The flowery hedgerows and the fragrant hay , And the wide landscape's ...
... leaf and opening flower , And Summer when the sun's creative power Brings leafy groves and glades of feathery fern , The glorious blossoms of sweet - scented May , The flowery hedgerows and the fragrant hay , And the wide landscape's ...
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... leaves and buds unfold almost before the eye , and fresh shoots may often be observed to have grown many inches since the preceding day . The temperature is the most delicious conceivable . The slight chill of early dawn , which was ...
... leaves and buds unfold almost before the eye , and fresh shoots may often be observed to have grown many inches since the preceding day . The temperature is the most delicious conceivable . The slight chill of early dawn , which was ...
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... leaf and flower- buds expanding rapidly . *** The heat increased hourly , and towards two o'clock reached 92 ° to 93 ° Fahr . , by which time every voice of bird and mammal was hushed . The leaves , which were so moist and fresh in ...
... leaf and flower- buds expanding rapidly . *** The heat increased hourly , and towards two o'clock reached 92 ° to 93 ° Fahr . , by which time every voice of bird and mammal was hushed . The leaves , which were so moist and fresh in ...
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... leaf - shedding are always going on in one species or other It is never either spring , summer , or autumn , but each ... leaves Towards evening life revives II . EQUATORIAL VEGETATION . The Equatorial Forest - Belt 26 TROPICAL NATURE ...
... leaf - shedding are always going on in one species or other It is never either spring , summer , or autumn , but each ... leaves Towards evening life revives II . EQUATORIAL VEGETATION . The Equatorial Forest - Belt 26 TROPICAL NATURE ...
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abundant adapted adorned Africa allied Amazon animals ants Asia attract bamboo Batavia beautiful become birds blue brilliant butterflies carnivora causes changes character characteristic climate colour Colours of Animals comparatively conspicuous continent curious Danaidæ Darwin distinct Eocene equator equatorial zone existence extensive fact families fauna favourable feet female ferns fertilization flowers foliage forests fruits genera genus greater green groups habits heat humming-birds hyænas immense inhabit insects Juan Fernandez land larger larvæ leaves lemurs less light Madagascar Malay Archipelago male mammalia marsupials Miocene monkeys natural selection naturalists North northern observed occur ocean ornaments Palearctic 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 trees tropical trunks Ungulata variation varied variety vegetation whole wings yellow