The Progress of Creation, Considered with Reference to the Present Condition of the Earth1837 |
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Pàgina viii
... wild fig - tree - Instances in which plants serve to give notice of danger , as the common reed , rattle - snake plant , and parasitic guacco : as specifics - the club - moss , Peruvian bark , palma Christi , quassia , and the ginsing ...
... wild fig - tree - Instances in which plants serve to give notice of danger , as the common reed , rattle - snake plant , and parasitic guacco : as specifics - the club - moss , Peruvian bark , palma Christi , quassia , and the ginsing ...
Pàgina 13
... Wild - Pine of the West Indies , is furnished near the stalk with a hollow bucket , containing from half a pint to a quart of water , and he will say , " Surely these plants grow in a land where water is scarce , the thirsty traveller ...
... Wild - Pine of the West Indies , is furnished near the stalk with a hollow bucket , containing from half a pint to a quart of water , and he will say , " Surely these plants grow in a land where water is scarce , the thirsty traveller ...
Pàgina 22
... wild in England , and even the few English vegetables , which in any respect resemble it , flourish on rocks and walls , and their juicy tubes secrete a liquid which is invaluable in medicine . Such are the water plants which supersede ...
... wild in England , and even the few English vegetables , which in any respect resemble it , flourish on rocks and walls , and their juicy tubes secrete a liquid which is invaluable in medicine . Such are the water plants which supersede ...
Pàgina 23
... wild fowls , which glide beneath the branches , when pur- sued by savage animals , or rapacious birds . Now if the branches drooped , this would be impossible ; if they grew out of the ground , no creature could press through them ; but ...
... wild fowls , which glide beneath the branches , when pur- sued by savage animals , or rapacious birds . Now if the branches drooped , this would be impossible ; if they grew out of the ground , no creature could press through them ; but ...
Pàgina 27
... wild deserts of Barbary , know little of modern inventions , and even if they did , the carrying of a ladder to any considerable distance would be inconvenient , if not impossible ; but the difficulty is provided for , and the phoenix ...
... wild deserts of Barbary , know little of modern inventions , and even if they did , the carrying of a ladder to any considerable distance would be inconvenient , if not impossible ; but the difficulty is provided for , and the phoenix ...
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