First Steps to Botany [...]Longman, 1826 - 391 страници |
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... instance from ( b ) to ( c ) , this being done the interspace ( a ) will of course be naked ; the next step therefore is to surround this naked circle with a ball of earth , which is to be DWARF FRUIT TREES OF CHINA . 11 retained with a.
... instance from ( b ) to ( c ) , this being done the interspace ( a ) will of course be naked ; the next step therefore is to surround this naked circle with a ball of earth , which is to be DWARF FRUIT TREES OF CHINA . 11 retained with a.
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... instance , but it is a gross mistake to consider the turnip as a bulb , though it is not unfrequently cited , and ... instances the bulb is composed of many scales or squamæ , forming the scaly bulb ( BULBUS squamosus ) , of which the ...
... instance , but it is a gross mistake to consider the turnip as a bulb , though it is not unfrequently cited , and ... instances the bulb is composed of many scales or squamæ , forming the scaly bulb ( BULBUS squamosus ) , of which the ...
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... instances highly use- ful ; for some plants provided with it inhabit natu- rally the loose sand of the sea coast , and by their spreading and interlacing roots prevent the sands from travelling with the winds , and encroaching on the ...
... instances highly use- ful ; for some plants provided with it inhabit natu- rally the loose sand of the sea coast , and by their spreading and interlacing roots prevent the sands from travelling with the winds , and encroaching on the ...
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... instances of the intermediate stem from Stedman and Dampier . The former gives a figure of a tree found in Surinam , called the Matakee tree , whose roots , he says , " spread above ground in such a manner that they will conceal a score ...
... instances of the intermediate stem from Stedman and Dampier . The former gives a figure of a tree found in Surinam , called the Matakee tree , whose roots , he says , " spread above ground in such a manner that they will conceal a score ...
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... instance , of the cabbage is woody , the rest her- baceous . In the great multiplicity of trees which clothe the earth , there is , as might be expected , much variety in the degree of solidity of their texture . Some , from their ...
... instance , of the cabbage is woody , the rest her- baceous . In the great multiplicity of trees which clothe the earth , there is , as might be expected , much variety in the degree of solidity of their texture . Some , from their ...
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afford animals anther appearance beautiful blossoms botanist Botany branches buds bulb called calyx capsule CAULIS clothed colour common compound flower contains corolla covered culm cuticle different species Digynia earth example feet ferns filaments fleshy floating florets FOLIUM frond fructification fruit Fuci Fucus garden genera genus grasses green grow hairs hence herb insects instance INVOLUCRUM Jamaica juice kind latter leaf leaf-stalk leaflets leaves Legume Lichen lily Linnæus means Monogynia mosses named native nature nourishment observe palm peduncle perhaps perianth pericarp petals petiole pinnate pinnate leaf pistil plants pollen primrose produce RADIX receptacle remarkable resemble root round says scarcely sea-weeds seed-vessels seeds shrub silicle Sir J. E. Smith sometimes stalk stamens stem stipe succulent plants surface sweet tendrils term thick thorn Travels trees TRIANDRIA Trigynia trunk tube tubers umbel vegetables violet volva Voyage winds Withering wood
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