Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 50
... island as Java - of its orchids . It is not there- fore at all improbable that this remarkable group may ultimately prove to be the most numerous in species of all the families of flowering plants . Although there is a peculiarity of ...
... island as Java - of its orchids . It is not there- fore at all improbable that this remarkable group may ultimately prove to be the most numerous in species of all the families of flowering plants . Although there is a peculiarity of ...
Page 61
... Islands for six months , and in Borneo for more than a year , while living almost wholly in the forests , are quite in accordance with this view . Conspicuous masses of showy flowers are so rare , that weeks and months may be passed ...
... Islands for six months , and in Borneo for more than a year , while living almost wholly in the forests , are quite in accordance with this view . Conspicuous masses of showy flowers are so rare , that weeks and months may be passed ...
Page 73
... islands , can never be forgotten by any one with a feeling of admiration for the new and beautiful in nature . Next to the size , the infinitely varied and dazzling hues of these insects most attract the observer . Instead of the sober ...
... islands , can never be forgotten by any one with a feeling of admiration for the new and beautiful in nature . Next to the size , the infinitely varied and dazzling hues of these insects most attract the observer . Instead of the sober ...
Page 74
... islands will produce from 150 to 250 species of butterflies , and thirty or forty species may be obtained any fine day in good localities . In the Amazon valley , however , much greater results may be achieved . A good day's collecting ...
... islands will produce from 150 to 250 species of butterflies , and thirty or forty species may be obtained any fine day in good localities . In the Amazon valley , however , much greater results may be achieved . A good day's collecting ...
Page 81
... Islands , and afterwards describe some of the more interesting South American groups , which have been so carefully observed by Mr. Bates on the Amazon and by Mr. Belt in Nicaragua . Among the very commonest ants in all parts of the ...
... Islands , and afterwards describe some of the more interesting South American groups , which have been so carefully observed by Mr. Bates on the Amazon and by Mr. Belt in Nicaragua . Among the very commonest ants in all parts of the ...
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