Journal of Botany, British and Foreign, Volume 8Berthold Seemann Robert Hardwicke, 1870 - Botany |
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Page 38
... vegetation . The first phenomenon which marks their approaching ascension , consists in the appearance of a bubble of oxygen on their upper surface . Lightened by the adhesion of this bubble , the leaves reach the surface , whence they ...
... vegetation . The first phenomenon which marks their approaching ascension , consists in the appearance of a bubble of oxygen on their upper surface . Lightened by the adhesion of this bubble , the leaves reach the surface , whence they ...
Page 46
... vegetation has probably been investigated in England to a greater extent than in any other country . Our insular condition , dense population , and the small area of our field of observa- tion , have all tended to render records of ...
... vegetation has probably been investigated in England to a greater extent than in any other country . Our insular condition , dense population , and the small area of our field of observa- tion , have all tended to render records of ...
Page 49
... vegetation ; there is but little direct sun- shine , and the amount of rain is excessive . No grain of any kind is now grown , but potatoes are cultivated on the north coast , which is the most fertile portion of the island . The only ...
... vegetation ; there is but little direct sun- shine , and the amount of rain is excessive . No grain of any kind is now grown , but potatoes are cultivated on the north coast , which is the most fertile portion of the island . The only ...
Page 122
... vegetation of Australia is peculiarly interesting , because it is like , if not identically the same as , that which existed in Europe during the Eocene period , and , as such , it is the oldest on the globe , as probably the Australian ...
... vegetation of Australia is peculiarly interesting , because it is like , if not identically the same as , that which existed in Europe during the Eocene period , and , as such , it is the oldest on the globe , as probably the Australian ...
Page 123
... Vegetation of the Andaman Islands . By S. Kurz . Ac- cómpanied by a Report on the Forests , and a Map . Calcutta : 1870. Folio , pp . 75 . It is now 1000 years ago , about the year A.D. 800 , that our old friend Sindbad the Sailor - by ...
... Vegetation of the Andaman Islands . By S. Kurz . Ac- cómpanied by a Report on the Forests , and a Map . Calcutta : 1870. Folio , pp . 75 . It is now 1000 years ago , about the year A.D. 800 , that our old friend Sindbad the Sailor - by ...
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