My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 193
... species and which were wholly foreign , nor was any indication given of their general distribution or whether they comprised numerous or few genera or species . The inclusion of all the natural orders and the excellent woodcuts ...
... species and which were wholly foreign , nor was any indication given of their general distribution or whether they comprised numerous or few genera or species . The inclusion of all the natural orders and the excellent woodcuts ...
Page 194
... species of many plants by the very condensed but clear descriptions , and I therefore copied out the characters of every British species there given . As Lindley's volume had rather broad margins , I found room for all the orders which ...
... species of many plants by the very condensed but clear descriptions , and I therefore copied out the characters of every British species there given . As Lindley's volume had rather broad margins , I found room for all the orders which ...
Page 195
... species , and which , I believe , had its share in producing that longing for the tropics which a few years later was satisfied in the equatorial forests of the Amazon . But I soon found that by merely identifying the plants I found in ...
... species , and which , I believe , had its share in producing that longing for the tropics which a few years later was satisfied in the equatorial forests of the Amazon . But I soon found that by merely identifying the plants I found in ...
Page 196
... species with greater ease . The Crucifers , the Pea tribe , the Umbellifer¿ , the Composit¿ , and the Labiates offered great difficulties , and it was only after repeated efforts that I was able to name with certainty a few of the species ...
... species with greater ease . The Crucifers , the Pea tribe , the Umbellifer¿ , the Composit¿ , and the Labiates offered great difficulties , and it was only after repeated efforts that I was able to name with certainty a few of the species ...
Page 200
... species before used , and by classifying all known plants by means of a few well - marked and easily observed characters . I then showed how and why this classification was only occasionally , and as it were accidentally , a natural one ...
... species before used , and by classifying all known plants by means of a few well - marked and easily observed characters . I then showed how and why this classification was only occasionally , and as it were accidentally , a natural one ...
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