Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 60
... less and less prominent feature ; and this rule applies not only to the tropics but to the temperate and frigid zones . It is amid the scanty vegetation of the higher mountains and towards the limits of perpetual snow , that the alpine ...
... less and less prominent feature ; and this rule applies not only to the tropics but to the temperate and frigid zones . It is amid the scanty vegetation of the higher mountains and towards the limits of perpetual snow , that the alpine ...
Page 63
... less so are the cecropia trees , with their white stems and large palmated leaves standing up like great candelabra . Sometimes the ground is carpeted with large flowers , yellow , pink , or white , that have fallen from some invisible ...
... less so are the cecropia trees , with their white stems and large palmated leaves standing up like great candelabra . Sometimes the ground is carpeted with large flowers , yellow , pink , or white , that have fallen from some invisible ...
Page 72
... less exceptional ; whereas within the equatorial zone , and with the limitations above stated , butterflies form one of the most constant and most conspicuous displays of animal life . They abound most in old and tolerably open roads ...
... less exceptional ; whereas within the equatorial zone , and with the limitations above stated , butterflies form one of the most constant and most conspicuous displays of animal life . They abound most in old and tolerably open roads ...
Page 84
... less numerous and less destructive . An allied genus , Solenopsis , consists of red ants , which , in the Moluccas , frequent houses , and are a most terrible pest . They form colonies underground , and work their way up through the ...
... less numerous and less destructive . An allied genus , Solenopsis , consists of red ants , which , in the Moluccas , frequent houses , and are a most terrible pest . They form colonies underground , and work their way up through the ...
Page 92
... less during the day , only feeding at night , they the more easily escape detection . In Java they are often kept alive on a branch of the guava tree ; and it is a common . thing for a stranger , when asked to look at this curious ...
... less during the day , only feeding at night , they the more easily escape detection . In Java they are often kept alive on a branch of the guava tree ; and it is a common . thing for a stranger , when asked to look at this curious ...
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