| Alfred Russel Wallace - 1878 - 416 lehte
...fallen from some invisible tree-top above ; or the air is filled with a delieious perfume, the souree of which one seeks around in vain, for the flowers that cause it are fur overhead out of sight, lost in. the great overshadowing erown of verdure." Although, as has been... | |
| 1890 - 664 lehte
...air is filled with a delicious perfume, the source of which one seeks in vain, for the flowers which cause it are far overhead out of sight, lost in the great overshadowing crown of verdure." But my subject is not exhausted, and I must hurry on and keep closely to Costa Rica and its concerns... | |
| Alfred Russel Wallace - 1891 - 516 lehte
...elegance. by tJje** ^-[astomffi, and succi _ cO loiired begonias and fl es^^ i . ; jcan forests ; but leaves standing up like great candelabra. Sometimes...lost in the great overshadowing crown of verdure." Although, as has been shown elsewhere, it may be doubted whether light directly produces floral colour,... | |
| George Newnes, Herbert Greenhough Smith - 1892 - 672 lehte
...feet from the ground, to delight the sight by their .graceful elegance. Great broad-leaved helifor the flowers that cause it are far overhead out of...lost in the great overshadowing crown of verdure. "* " But," he adds, " the uniformity of climate which has led to this rich luxuriance and endless variety... | |
| Sir John Lubbock - 1892 - 492 lehte
...American forests ; but not less so are the cecropia trees, with their white stems and large palmated leaves standing up like great candelabra. Sometimes...lost in the great overshadowing crown of verdure." " But," he adds, " the uniformity of climate which has led to this rich luxuriance and endless variety... | |
| Sir John Lubbock - 1892 - 490 lehte
...filled with a delicious perfume, the source of which one seeks around 28 THE BEAUTIES OF NATURE CHAP. in vain, for the flowers that cause it are far overhead...lost in the great overshadowing crown of verdure." "But," he adds, ''the uniformity of climate which has led to this rich luxuriance and endless variety... | |
| Sir John Lubbock - 1892 - 508 lehte
...tree-top above ; or the air is filled with a delicious perfume, the source of which one seeks arcin vain, for the flowers that cause it are far overhead...lost in the great overshadowing crown of verdure." " But," he adds, "the uniformity of climate which has led to this rich luxuriance and endless variety... | |
| William E. Simmons - 1900 - 386 lehte
...or the air is filled with a delicious perfume, for the source of which one seeks around in vain, as the flowers that cause it are far overhead out of...lost in the great overshadowing crown of verdure.* Another remarkable fact is that nearly every great tree is different from its neighbor. In nearly every... | |
| Sir John Lubbock - 1904 - 482 lehte
...some invisible tree-top above ; or the air is filled with a delicious perfume, the source of wlnch one seeks around in vain, for the flowers that cause...lost in the great overshadowing crown of verdure." "But," he adds, "the uniformity of climate which has led to this rich luxuriance and endless variety... | |
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