Footnotes from the page of nature or first forms of vegetation: With illustrationsMacmillan & Company, 1861 - 294 pages |
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... tion also is almost entirely cellular . The northern por- tion of Lapland , the continent of Greenland , the large islands of Spitzbergen , Nova Zembla , and Iceland , the extensive territories of the Hudson's Bay Company , the enormous ...
... tion also is almost entirely cellular . The northern por- tion of Lapland , the continent of Greenland , the large islands of Spitzbergen , Nova Zembla , and Iceland , the extensive territories of the Hudson's Bay Company , the enormous ...
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... tion most complete . They are no summer friends . As Ruskin has beautifully observed , " Unfading as motion- less , the worm frets them not , and the autumn wastes not . Strong in lowliness , they neither blanch in heat , nor pine in ...
... tion most complete . They are no summer friends . As Ruskin has beautifully observed , " Unfading as motion- less , the worm frets them not , and the autumn wastes not . Strong in lowliness , they neither blanch in heat , nor pine in ...
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... tion and astonishment . The stems of mosses , though serving the same purposes , are widely different from those of flowering plants . We are ignorant of the manner in which they are developed . Probably , like endogenous plants , which ...
... tion and astonishment . The stems of mosses , though serving the same purposes , are widely different from those of flowering plants . We are ignorant of the manner in which they are developed . Probably , like endogenous plants , which ...
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... tion of the stem . These organs are usually developed only in unfavourable circumstances , being formed at the expense of the fruit which is then abortive . They ap- pear to be simply a mass of naked seed , without the ordinary ...
... tion of the stem . These organs are usually developed only in unfavourable circumstances , being formed at the expense of the fruit which is then abortive . They ap- pear to be simply a mass of naked seed , without the ordinary ...
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... tion as this is abundantly manifest , when we consider the numberless casualties to which they are exposed in the bare shelterless positions which they occupy . Mosses also possess the power of resisting , perhaps to a greater extent ...
... tion as this is abundantly manifest , when we consider the numberless casualties to which they are exposed in the bare shelterless positions which they occupy . Mosses also possess the power of resisting , perhaps to a greater extent ...
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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