My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1905 |
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Page 21
... plants on the summit of Fernando Po , and on the mountains of Abyssinia . I look at it as certain that these plants crossed the whole of Africa , from east to west , during the same period . I wish I had published a long chapter ...
... plants on the summit of Fernando Po , and on the mountains of Abyssinia . I look at it as certain that these plants crossed the whole of Africa , from east to west , during the same period . I wish I had published a long chapter ...
Page 61
... plant - collector in China and Japan , and several other persons connected with horticulture , to become directors ... plants and of nature generally , and somewhat of a bon vivant ; and when I add that his wife was agreeable , and his ...
... plant - collector in China and Japan , and several other persons connected with horticulture , to become directors ... plants and of nature generally , and somewhat of a bon vivant ; and when I add that his wife was agreeable , and his ...
Page 64
... plants take to climbing to get out of the way of the ants ! As I read this absurd statement I thought that none of the plants I had commented on had a climbing habit ; but on looking over the list of two or three hundred species , I ...
... plants take to climbing to get out of the way of the ants ! As I read this absurd statement I thought that none of the plants I had commented on had a climbing habit ; but on looking over the list of two or three hundred species , I ...
Page 65
... plants , any more than fleas and lice are to animals . They make their habitation in the melastomas , etc. , and suck the juice of the sweet berries ; and the plants have to accommodate to their parasites as they best may . But even an ...
... plants , any more than fleas and lice are to animals . They make their habitation in the melastomas , etc. , and suck the juice of the sweet berries ; and the plants have to accommodate to their parasites as they best may . But even an ...
Page 66
... plant , to aid in its fertilization , or for any other purpose , by their presence . The glands on which some insects feed are ( so far as I know ) always exposed , either in the shape of cups on the petioles , involucres & c . , or of ...
... plant , to aid in its fertilization , or for any other purpose , by their presence . The glands on which some insects feed are ( so far as I know ) always exposed , either in the shape of cups on the petioles , involucres & c . , or of ...
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