Footnotes from the page of nature or first forms of vegetation: With illustrationsMacmillan & Company, 1861 - 294 pages |
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... earth , ever since living beings were capable of existing upon its surface ; and so active in the past history of the globe has been this tendency , that most of the superficial rocks of the earth's crust are composed of the remains of ...
... earth , ever since living beings were capable of existing upon its surface ; and so active in the past history of the globe has been this tendency , that most of the superficial rocks of the earth's crust are composed of the remains of ...
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... earth's surface which is not tenanted by some vegetable form whose structure is wonderfully adapted to its situation and requirements . Even in the hottest thermal springs , and on the eternal snows of the arctic regions , peculiar ...
... earth's surface which is not tenanted by some vegetable form whose structure is wonderfully adapted to its situation and requirements . Even in the hottest thermal springs , and on the eternal snows of the arctic regions , peculiar ...
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With illustrations Hugh Macmillan. partially decayed twig , half - buried in the earth in a wood , we may find it completely covered with various representatives of these different vegetable growths ; and nothing surely can give us a ...
With illustrations Hugh Macmillan. partially decayed twig , half - buried in the earth in a wood , we may find it completely covered with various representatives of these different vegetable growths ; and nothing surely can give us a ...
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... earth's stony book is filled almost exclusively with their history . Life may have been ushered upon our globe through oceans of the lowest types of confervæ , long previous to the deposit of the oldest paleozoic rocks as known to us ...
... earth's stony book is filled almost exclusively with their history . Life may have been ushered upon our globe through oceans of the lowest types of confervæ , long previous to the deposit of the oldest paleozoic rocks as known to us ...
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... earth , packed into solid sandstone cases , and under huge shady covers , and stored up in the smallest compass by the mighty pressure of ponderous rock - presses , constitut- ing the chief source of our domestic comfort , and of nearly ...
... earth , packed into solid sandstone cases , and under huge shady covers , and stored up in the smallest compass by the mighty pressure of ponderous rock - presses , constitut- ing the chief source of our domestic comfort , and of nearly ...
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abundant Agaricus algæ animalcules animals antheridia appearance beautiful Ben Lawers blood botanists called Cambridge cells cloth colour common confervæ containing covered Crown 8vo curious dark decaying developed diatoms disease earth effects exceedingly existence extremely Fcap ferns filaments flowering plants forests frequently frond fructification fungi fungus gelatinous genus germs gilt leaves green ground growing growth Iceland moss immense inch islands John's College Lapland lichens living luxuriance M.A. Fellow mass matter Melville Island microscope minute moist moisture mosses mould mountains mushroom mycelium naked nature numerous objects observed occurs orchil organs parasitic patches peculiar pileus produced remarkable reproduction resemblance rocks Second Edition seeds Sermons preached sewed singular snow soil sometimes species spores sporules spots spring stem strange structure substance summits surface tion tissue trees Trinity College trunks tufts University University of Cambridge vast vegetable kingdom whole woods