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Page 41
In this field I was once told that a wonderful plant , the bee - orchis , was
sometimes found , and my father used to talk of it as a great rarity . Once , during
the time we lived at Hertford , some one showed us the flower , and I remember
looking at ...
In this field I was once told that a wonderful plant , the bee - orchis , was
sometimes found , and my father used to talk of it as a great rarity . Once , during
the time we lived at Hertford , some one showed us the flower , and I remember
looking at ...
Page 111
This wish to know the names of wild plants , to be able even to speak of them ,
and to learn anything that was known about them , had arisen from a chance
remark I had overheard about a year before . A lady , who was governess in a
Quaker ...
This wish to know the names of wild plants , to be able even to speak of them ,
and to learn anything that was known about them , had arisen from a chance
remark I had overheard about a year before . A lady , who was governess in a
Quaker ...
Page 137
A younger brother of Mr. Matthews , who was an amateur chemist , was to take
over the management of the gas - works , and this led to a thorough overhauling
of the whole plant , including the mains and street lamps , so that everything ...
A younger brother of Mr. Matthews , who was an amateur chemist , was to take
over the management of the gas - works , and this led to a thorough overhauling
of the whole plant , including the mains and street lamps , so that everything ...
Page 192
... title of which I forget , but which contained an outline of the structure of plants
and a short description of their various parts and organs ; and also a good
description of about a dozen of the most common of the natural orders of British
plants .
... title of which I forget , but which contained an outline of the structure of plants
and a short description of their various parts and organs ; and also a good
description of about a dozen of the most common of the natural orders of British
plants .
Page 193
... however , largely disappointed , for although the larger part of the book was
devoted to systematic botany , and all the natural orders were well and clearly
described , yet there was hardly any reference to British plants — not a single
genus ...
... however , largely disappointed , for although the larger part of the book was
devoted to systematic botany , and all the natural orders were well and clearly
described , yet there was hardly any reference to British plants — not a single
genus ...
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| Title | My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köide Bell's Indian and colonial library My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Author | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | G. Bell & Sons, 1905 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 10 mai 2018 |
| ISBN | 059800596X, 9780598005960 |
| Length | 447 pages |
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