Footnotes from the page of nature or first forms of vegetation: With illustrationsMacmillan & Company, 1861 - 294 pages |
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... matter , gathered into little cavities on the upper or under surface of lichens . Endochrome .-- Granular matter of a green colour occurring in the interior of the germinating shoots of mosses , and in the fila- ` ments of the fresh ...
... matter , gathered into little cavities on the upper or under surface of lichens . Endochrome .-- Granular matter of a green colour occurring in the interior of the germinating shoots of mosses , and in the fila- ` ments of the fresh ...
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... of animalcules , that not a drop of stagnant water , not a speck of vegetable or animal tissue , not a portion of organic matter but has its own appropriate inhabitants . A The same may be said of plants ; for we INTRODUCTION, INTRODUCTION,
... of animalcules , that not a drop of stagnant water , not a speck of vegetable or animal tissue , not a portion of organic matter but has its own appropriate inhabitants . A The same may be said of plants ; for we INTRODUCTION, INTRODUCTION,
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... matter forming a scum on the surface , or floating in long filaments in the depths . On almost every fallen leaf and decayed branch , fleshy gelatinous bodies of different forms and sizes meet our eye . Sometimes all these different ...
... matter forming a scum on the surface , or floating in long filaments in the depths . On almost every fallen leaf and decayed branch , fleshy gelatinous bodies of different forms and sizes meet our eye . Sometimes all these different ...
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... matters are reduced to impalpable atoms ; waters and gases are decomposed and moulded into new forms and substances having new properties , by vegeta- ble growth . Minute as these plants are , they are inti- mately related to the giant ...
... matters are reduced to impalpable atoms ; waters and gases are decomposed and moulded into new forms and substances having new properties , by vegeta- ble growth . Minute as these plants are , they are inti- mately related to the giant ...
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... matter to the growing point or the apex of parts already formed , they point to far higher orders of vegetation ; they are prefigurations of the flowering plants , epitomes of archetypes in trees and flowers . There is nothing in the ...
... matter to the growing point or the apex of parts already formed , they point to far higher orders of vegetation ; they are prefigurations of the flowering plants , epitomes of archetypes in trees and flowers . There is nothing in the ...
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Page 54 - THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
Page 68 - But here,— above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone...
Page 103 - Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Page 111 - When all other service is vain, from plant and tree, the soft mosses and gray lichen take up their watch by the head-stone. The woods, the blossoms, the gift-bearing grasses, have done their parts for a time, but these do service for ever. Trees for the builder's yard, flowers for the bride's chamber, corn for the granary, moss for the grave.
Page 8 - Unfading as motionless, the worm frets them not, and the autumn wastes not. Strong in lowliness, they neither blanch in heat nor pine in frost.
Page 110 - Meek creatures ! the first mercy of the earth, veiling with hushed softness its dintless rocks ; creatures full of pity, covering with strange and tender honour the scarred disgrace of ruin — laying quiet finger on the trembling stones to teach them rest.
Page 76 - And spread th' enduring foliage ; — then we trace The freckled flower upon the flinty base ; These all increase, till in unnoticed years The stony tower as grey with age appears ; With coats of vegetation, thinly spread, Coat above coat, the living on the dead : These then dissolve to dust, and make a way For bolder foliage, nursed by their decay : The...
Page 59 - ... after a minute examination of every detail, we could not discover the least deception. The characters all appeared to us portions of the leaf itself, equally with its veins and nerves ; the position was not the same in all ; in one leaf they would be at the top of the leaf; in another, in the middle ; in a third, at the base, or at the side ; the younger leaves represented the characters only in a partial state of formation.
Page 111 - None are delicate enough, none perfect enough, none rich enough. How is one to tell of the rounded bosses of furred and beaming green, — the starred divisions of rubied bloom, fine-filmed, as if the Rock Spirits could spin porphyry as we do glass, — the traceries of intricate silver, and fringes of amber, lustrous, arborescent, burnished through every fibre into fitful brightness and glossy traverses of silken change, yet all subdued and pensive, and framed for simplest, sweetest offices of grace...
Page 9 - Sharing the stillness of the unimpassioned rock, they share also its endurance ; and while the winds of departing spring scatter the white hawthorn blossom like drifted snow, and summer dims on the parched meadow the drooping of its cowslip-gold, — far above, among the mountains, the silver lichen-spots rest, starlike, on the stone ; and the gathering orange stain upon the edge of yonder western peak reflects the sunsets of a thousand years.