Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... trees -- Flowery trunks and their probable cause Uses of Equatorial Forest - trees - The Climbing Plants of the Equatorial Forests - Palms - Uses of Palm - trees and their Products- Ferns - Ginger - worts and wild Bananas - Arums ...
... trees -- Flowery trunks and their probable cause Uses of Equatorial Forest - trees - The Climbing Plants of the Equatorial Forests - Palms - Uses of Palm - trees and their Products- Ferns - Ginger - worts and wild Bananas - Arums ...
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... trees and of Coniferæ . These being comparatively well- known to us , will form the standard by a reference to which we shall endeavour to point out and render in- telligible the distinctive characteristics of the equatorial forest ...
... trees and of Coniferæ . These being comparatively well- known to us , will form the standard by a reference to which we shall endeavour to point out and render in- telligible the distinctive characteristics of the equatorial forest ...
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... trees and their interlacing branches ; and this canopy is usually so dense that but an indistinct glimmer of the sky is to be seen , and even the intense tropical sunlight only penetrates to the ground subdued and broken up into ...
... trees and their interlacing branches ; and this canopy is usually so dense that but an indistinct glimmer of the sky is to be seen , and even the intense tropical sunlight only penetrates to the ground subdued and broken up into ...
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... trees , several of the Leguminosae , and perhaps many trees belonging to other natural orders , possess these appendages . There is another form of tree , hardly less curious , in which the trunk , though generally straight and cylin ...
... trees , several of the Leguminosae , and perhaps many trees belonging to other natural orders , possess these appendages . There is another form of tree , hardly less curious , in which the trunk , though generally straight and cylin ...
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... tree . The accompanying outline sections of one of these trees that was cut down , exhibits its character . It was a noble 1 3 Sections of trunk of a Bornean Forest - tree . 1. Section at seven feet from the ground . 2. 3. Sections much ...
... tree . The accompanying outline sections of one of these trees that was cut down , exhibits its character . It was a noble 1 3 Sections of trunk of a Bornean Forest - tree . 1. Section at seven feet from the ground . 2. 3. Sections much ...
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