Tropical nature, and other essaysMacmillan, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 46
... species are used for bows , others for blow - pipes ; the smaller species are sometimes used as needles or to make fish - hooks , and the larger as arrows . To describe in detail all the uses to which palm - trees and their products are ...
... species are used for bows , others for blow - pipes ; the smaller species are sometimes used as needles or to make fish - hooks , and the larger as arrows . To describe in detail all the uses to which palm - trees and their products are ...
Page 47
... species of ferns , while the single volcanic mountains of Pangerango in Java ( 10,000 feet high ) is said to have produced 300 species . Ginger - worts and wild Bananas . - These plants , form- ing the families Zingiberaceæ and Musacea ...
... species of ferns , while the single volcanic mountains of Pangerango in Java ( 10,000 feet high ) is said to have produced 300 species . Ginger - worts and wild Bananas . - These plants , form- ing the families Zingiberaceæ and Musacea ...
Page 50
... species , and it is not improbable that they may be now nearly doubled . But whatever may be the numbers of the collected and described orchids , those that still remain to be discovered must be enormous . Unlike ferns , the species ...
... species , and it is not improbable that they may be now nearly doubled . But whatever may be the numbers of the collected and described orchids , those that still remain to be discovered must be enormous . Unlike ferns , the species ...
Page 51
... species as the American Sobralias - grow erect to an equal height . The fleshy aerial roots of most species give them a very peculiar aspect , as they often grow to a great length in the open air , spread over the surface of rocks , or ...
... species as the American Sobralias - grow erect to an equal height . The fleshy aerial roots of most species give them a very peculiar aspect , as they often grow to a great length in the open air , spread over the surface of rocks , or ...
Page 52
... species are most numerous and offer that variety of form , size , and quality , which renders them so admirable a boon to man . A fine clump of large bamboos is perhaps the most graceful of all vegetable forms , resembling the light and ...
... species are most numerous and offer that variety of form , size , and quality , which renders them so admirable a boon to man . A fine clump of large bamboos is perhaps the most graceful of all vegetable forms , resembling the light and ...
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