The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ. M. Dent & Sons, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 58
... leaves only left . Many a young plantation of orange , mango , and lemon trees has been destroyed by them . Again and again have I been told in Nicaragua , when in- quiring why no fruit - trees were grown at particular places , It is no ...
... leaves only left . Many a young plantation of orange , mango , and lemon trees has been destroyed by them . Again and again have I been told in Nicaragua , when in- quiring why no fruit - trees were grown at particular places , It is no ...
Page 65
... leaves themselves I convinced myself ; for I found near the tenanted chambers , deserted ones filled with the refuse particles of leaves that had been exhausted as manure for the fungus , and were now left , and served as food for larvæ ...
... leaves themselves I convinced myself ; for I found near the tenanted chambers , deserted ones filled with the refuse particles of leaves that had been exhausted as manure for the fungus , and were now left , and served as food for larvæ ...
Page 175
... leaves and sepals for the attend- ance and protection of the ants , and was successful either through the fluid it furnished being more attractive or more abundant.1 I have , from these facts , been led to the con- clusion that the use ...
... leaves and sepals for the attend- ance and protection of the ants , and was successful either through the fluid it furnished being more attractive or more abundant.1 I have , from these facts , been led to the con- clusion that the use ...
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