Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 51
... conspicuous as compared with the great mass of vegetation around them . It is only at long intervals that the traveller meets with anything which recalls the splendour of our orchid - houses and flower - shows . The slender - stalked ...
... conspicuous as compared with the great mass of vegetation around them . It is only at long intervals that the traveller meets with anything which recalls the splendour of our orchid - houses and flower - shows . The slender - stalked ...
Page 60
... conspicuous . Our own meadows and pastures and hill - sides produce more gay flowers than our woods and forests ; and , in the tropics , it is in the parts where vegetation is less dense and luxuriant that flowers most abound . In the ...
... conspicuous . Our own meadows and pastures and hill - sides produce more gay flowers than our woods and forests ; and , in the tropics , it is in the parts where vegetation is less dense and luxuriant that flowers most abound . In the ...
Page 61
... Conspicuous masses of showy flowers are so rare , that weeks and months may be passed without observing a single flowering plant worthy of special admiration . Occasionally some tree or shrub will be seen covered . with magnificent ...
... Conspicuous masses of showy flowers are so rare , that weeks and months may be passed without observing a single flowering plant worthy of special admiration . Occasionally some tree or shrub will be seen covered . with magnificent ...
Page 72
... conspicuous beauty of the butterflies . Not only are they abundant in individuals , but their large size , their elegant forms , their rich and varied colours , and the number of distinct species almost everywhere to be met with are ...
... conspicuous beauty of the butterflies . Not only are they abundant in individuals , but their large size , their elegant forms , their rich and varied colours , and the number of distinct species almost everywhere to be met with are ...
Page 73
... conspicuous objects than the majority of our native birds . The first sight of the great blue Morphos flapping slowly along in the forest roads near Para of the large , white - and - black semi - transparent Ideas floating airily about ...
... conspicuous objects than the majority of our native birds . The first sight of the great blue Morphos flapping slowly along in the forest roads near Para of the large , white - and - black semi - transparent Ideas floating airily about ...
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