Tropical nature, and other essaysMacmillan, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 37
... seem full of them without our being able to detect any earth - growing stem from which they arise . The conclusion is at length forced upon us that these woody climbers must possess the two qualities of very long life and almost ...
... seem full of them without our being able to detect any earth - growing stem from which they arise . The conclusion is at length forced upon us that these woody climbers must possess the two qualities of very long life and almost ...
Page 38
... seem possible to explain the wonderfully complex manner in which these climbing plants wander up and down the forest as if guided by the strangest caprices , or how they become so crossed and tangled together in the wildest confusion ...
... seem possible to explain the wonderfully complex manner in which these climbing plants wander up and down the forest as if guided by the strangest caprices , or how they become so crossed and tangled together in the wildest confusion ...
Page 44
... seems possible that the sugar of the world may in the future be produced from what would otherwise be almost waste ground ; and it is to be hoped that the experiment will soon be tried in some of our tropical colonies , more especially ...
... seems possible that the sugar of the world may in the future be produced from what would otherwise be almost waste ground ; and it is to be hoped that the experiment will soon be tried in some of our tropical colonies , more especially ...
Page 53
... seems specially adapted for the use of half - civilized man in a wild tropical country ; and the purposes to which it is applied are almost endless . It is a natural column or cylinder , very straight , uniform in thickness , of a ...
... seems specially adapted for the use of half - civilized man in a wild tropical country ; and the purposes to which it is applied are almost endless . It is a natural column or cylinder , very straight , uniform in thickness , of a ...
Page 60
... seems to show that it possesses some advantage over the generality of tropical weeds . It is however curious that , as most of the species are some- what prickly , so easy and common a mode of protection as the development of stronger ...
... seems to show that it possesses some advantage over the generality of tropical weeds . It is however curious that , as most of the species are some- what prickly , so easy and common a mode of protection as the development of stronger ...
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