Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 18
... Plants are all evergreen ; flowers and fruits , although more abundant at certain seasons , are never altogether absent ; while many annual food - plants as well as some fruit - trees produce two crops a year . In other cases , more ...
... Plants are all evergreen ; flowers and fruits , although more abundant at certain seasons , are never altogether absent ; while many annual food - plants as well as some fruit - trees produce two crops a year . In other cases , more ...
Page 26
... plants and animals do not take place at about the same time in all species , or in the individuals of any given species , as they do in temperate countries . In Europe , a woodland scene has its spring , its summer , its autumnal , and ...
... plants and animals do not take place at about the same time in all species , or in the individuals of any given species , as they do in temperate countries . In Europe , a woodland scene has its spring , its summer , its autumnal , and ...
Page 27
... Plants of the Equatorial Forests - Palms - Uses of Palm - trees and their Products- Ferns - Ginger - worts and wild Bananas - Arums - Screw - pines - Orchids -Bamboos - Uses of the Bamboo - Mangroves - Sensitive - plants- Comparative ...
... Plants of the Equatorial Forests - Palms - Uses of Palm - trees and their Products- Ferns - Ginger - worts and wild Bananas - Arums - Screw - pines - Orchids -Bamboos - Uses of the Bamboo - Mangroves - Sensitive - plants- Comparative ...
Page 34
... plants , sometimes with pretty , but rarely with very conspicuous flowers . Flowering Trunks and their Probable Cause.— Among the minor but not unimportant peculiarities that characterise these lofty forests , is the curious way in ...
... plants , sometimes with pretty , but rarely with very conspicuous flowers . Flowering Trunks and their Probable Cause.— Among the minor but not unimportant peculiarities that characterise these lofty forests , is the curious way in ...
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... plants . To attract these it is necessary that flowers should be low down and conspicuous . If they grew in the usual way on the tops of these smaller trees overshadowed by the dense canopy above them they would be out of sight of both ...
... plants . To attract these it is necessary that flowers should be low down and conspicuous . If they grew in the usual way on the tops of these smaller trees overshadowed by the dense canopy above them they would be out of sight of both ...
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