Familiar Lectures on Botany: Including Practical and Elementary Botany : with Generic and Specific Descriptions of the Most Common Native and Foreign Plants, and a Vocabulary of Botanical Terms : for the Use of Higher Schools and AcademiesF.J. Huntington, 1832 - 440 страници |
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... beautiful and regular systems , by which we can comprehend , under a few terms , the vast number of individual things , which would , otherwise , pre- sent to our bewildered minds a confused and indiscriminate mass . This power of the ...
... beautiful and regular systems , by which we can comprehend , under a few terms , the vast number of individual things , which would , otherwise , pre- sent to our bewildered minds a confused and indiscriminate mass . This power of the ...
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... beautiful and delicate ; its pursuits , leading to exercise in the open air , are conducive to health and cheerfulness . It is not a sedentary study which can be acquired in the library , but the objects of the science are scattered ...
... beautiful and delicate ; its pursuits , leading to exercise in the open air , are conducive to health and cheerfulness . It is not a sedentary study which can be acquired in the library , but the objects of the science are scattered ...
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... beautiful forms and co- lours ; in their fragrance , by which , in their peculiar language , they seem to hold secret communion with our minds ; He has not only given them for our food and clothing , but with kind , parental care , has ...
... beautiful forms and co- lours ; in their fragrance , by which , in their peculiar language , they seem to hold secret communion with our minds ; He has not only given them for our food and clothing , but with kind , parental care , has ...
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... beautiful , and may be rendered highly useful , by affording an opportunity to compare many species together , and it likewise serves to fix in the mind the characters of plants . It is a good method in collecting plants for an ...
... beautiful , and may be rendered highly useful , by affording an opportunity to compare many species together , and it likewise serves to fix in the mind the characters of plants . It is a good method in collecting plants for an ...
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... beautiful , although their relative beauty , as subservient to scientific illustra- tion , is certainly destroyed by the labour of the florist . The love of native wild flowers is no doubt greatly heigtened by the habit of seeking them ...
... beautiful , although their relative beauty , as subservient to scientific illustra- tion , is certainly destroyed by the labour of the florist . The love of native wild flowers is no doubt greatly heigtened by the habit of seeking them ...
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