Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of the Best and Rarest Contemporary Volumes of Travel, Descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle and Far West, During the Period of Early American Settlement, Том 3Reuben Gold Thwaites A. H. Clark Company, 1904 |
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... species ; Veronica Ozalis stricta . • • The 3rd and 4th of August herborised : Cacalia 2 species , Phryma le ptostachia ; Leontice thalictroides ; Lobelia siphilitica , inflata , cardinalis ; Eupatorium perfoliatum , maculatum ...
... species ; Veronica Ozalis stricta . • • The 3rd and 4th of August herborised : Cacalia 2 species , Phryma le ptostachia ; Leontice thalictroides ; Lobelia siphilitica , inflata , cardinalis ; Eupatorium perfoliatum , maculatum ...
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... species ; Cuphea viscosa ; Didynamia gymnosperma novum genus ; Didy- namia angiosperma novum genus . On the bank of the Dickson river , Dirca palustris ; Sophora floribus coerulis . In the shady forests etc : Acer foliis argenteis an ...
... species ; Cuphea viscosa ; Didynamia gymnosperma novum genus ; Didy- namia angiosperma novum genus . On the bank of the Dickson river , Dirca palustris ; Sophora floribus coerulis . In the shady forests etc : Acer foliis argenteis an ...
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... species , Smilax herbacea erecta , Melampodium ? " Polygonum necessaria , Silene Virginica , Phlox lanceolata then in flower , Vale- riana . Slept at 45 Mile House . The 10th Floreal ( 20th of April , ) around forty five Mile house ...
... species , Smilax herbacea erecta , Melampodium ? " Polygonum necessaria , Silene Virginica , Phlox lanceolata then in flower , Vale- riana . Slept at 45 Mile House . The 10th Floreal ( 20th of April , ) around forty five Mile house ...
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... species . That on the River banks is generally that with carnation flowers and that with white flowers . 88 The 12th ascended the summit of the Blueridges , Rhododendron minus in flower , Cypripedium Luteum . The 13th of May started to ...
... species . That on the River banks is generally that with carnation flowers and that with white flowers . 88 The 12th ascended the summit of the Blueridges , Rhododendron minus in flower , Cypripedium Luteum . The 13th of May started to ...
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... species of the Genus Picus : Wild Turkeys . Quadrupeds : Musk - rat , Beaver , Elk , dwarf Deer , Bears , Buffalos , Wolves , small grey Squirrels . Minerals : soil clayey . Limestone Rocks always in a horizontal position ; impure Slate ...
... species of the Genus Picus : Wild Turkeys . Quadrupeds : Musk - rat , Beaver , Elk , dwarf Deer , Bears , Buffalos , Wolves , small grey Squirrels . Minerals : soil clayey . Limestone Rocks always in a horizontal position ; impure Slate ...
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