The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and Instructive Articles on Scientific Subjects, Volume 12James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas Robert Hardwicke, 1873 - Science |
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... FLOWERING PLANTS . By H. Trimen , M.B. , F.L.S. ... ... ... ... ... Illustrated HOW TO SKETCH THE MOON . By the Rev. T. Webb , M.A. , F.R.A.S. 234 MAN AND APES . Part II . By St. George Mivart , F.R.S. Illustrated 243 GRAMME MACHINE ...
... FLOWERING PLANTS . By H. Trimen , M.B. , F.L.S. ... ... ... ... ... Illustrated HOW TO SKETCH THE MOON . By the Rev. T. Webb , M.A. , F.R.A.S. 234 MAN AND APES . Part II . By St. George Mivart , F.R.S. Illustrated 243 GRAMME MACHINE ...
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... subjected . It is this that accounts , in a great measure , though of course not wholly , for the oft - observed fact that certain plants , flowers , and fruits , attain D 2 THE BATTLE OF LIFE AMONG PLANTS By M T Masters, M D F R.
... subjected . It is this that accounts , in a great measure , though of course not wholly , for the oft - observed fact that certain plants , flowers , and fruits , attain D 2 THE BATTLE OF LIFE AMONG PLANTS By M T Masters, M D F R.
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... flowers , and fruits , attain far greater perfec- tion in our gardens than they ever do in their native countries . That a war of extermination is thus going on around us may strike some with surprise . They are so accustomed to asso ...
... flowers , and fruits , attain far greater perfec- tion in our gardens than they ever do in their native countries . That a war of extermination is thus going on around us may strike some with surprise . They are so accustomed to asso ...
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... flowering stage is thus arrived at in one season , while in another all the energies of the plant may be taken up in forming tubers and leaves . A very remarkable instance of the fact just alluded to was com- municated to the writer by ...
... flowering stage is thus arrived at in one season , while in another all the energies of the plant may be taken up in forming tubers and leaves . A very remarkable instance of the fact just alluded to was com- municated to the writer by ...
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... flowers . The facts we have mentioned are , in the main , intelligible enough . We can see the why and the wherefore without much difficulty ; but it is not so always . For instance , it is difficult to account for the signal defeat ...
... flowers . The facts we have mentioned are , in the main , intelligible enough . We can see the why and the wherefore without much difficulty ; but it is not so always . For instance , it is difficult to account for the signal defeat ...
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