Footnotes from the page of nature or first forms of vegetation: With illustrationsMacmillan & Company, 1861 - 294 pages |
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... Alpine mosses , and theory of their distribution - Par- ticular limitations of mosses - Splachnum growing on animal sub- stances - Social character of mosses - Bog - moss - Historical and personal associations - Illustrations of the ...
... Alpine mosses , and theory of their distribution - Par- ticular limitations of mosses - Splachnum growing on animal sub- stances - Social character of mosses - Bog - moss - Historical and personal associations - Illustrations of the ...
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... Alpine scenery , and the dreary isolation and uniformity of the Arctic steppes , and the boundless wastes of brown desert and misty moorland , to these great outlets from civilisation and the tameness of ordi- nary life , which allow ...
... Alpine scenery , and the dreary isolation and uniformity of the Arctic steppes , and the boundless wastes of brown desert and misty moorland , to these great outlets from civilisation and the tameness of ordi- nary life , which allow ...
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... alpine flowers , they approximate analogically to the phanerogamous plants in their leaves and habit of growth ; and through the cone - like spikes of the club- mosses , they approximate to the pine tribe in their fructification . From ...
... alpine flowers , they approximate analogically to the phanerogamous plants in their leaves and habit of growth ; and through the cone - like spikes of the club- mosses , they approximate to the pine tribe in their fructification . From ...
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... Alpine species are exceedingly restricted , sel- dom being found lower than 3000 feet , and often ascend- ing to a height of 4000 feet on the British hills , and 8000 feet on the Alps of Switzerland and the Pyrenees ; the isothermal ...
... Alpine species are exceedingly restricted , sel- dom being found lower than 3000 feet , and often ascend- ing to a height of 4000 feet on the British hills , and 8000 feet on the Alps of Switzerland and the Pyrenees ; the isothermal ...
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... Alpine plants found on the summits of our loftiest hills are Norwegian or Arctic species . They are besides the oldest living plants in the world , each of them , even the very humblest moss or saxifrage , having a pedigree which ...
... Alpine plants found on the summits of our loftiest hills are Norwegian or Arctic species . They are besides the oldest living plants in the world , each of them , even the very humblest moss or saxifrage , having a pedigree which ...
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abundant Agaricus alga algæ Alpine 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 structure substance summits surface tion tissue trees Trinity College trunks tufts University University of Cambridge vast vegetable kingdom whole woods