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Page 74
... interest that the only difference Pliny could detect between the daffodil and lily was that the bulbs were dissimilar and that the leaves grew in the one case from the root , in the other from the stem . Lilies were sometimes coloured ...
... interest that the only difference Pliny could detect between the daffodil and lily was that the bulbs were dissimilar and that the leaves grew in the one case from the root , in the other from the stem . Lilies were sometimes coloured ...
Page 152
... interest and admiration were aroused at the sight of this mimic naval engagement . The Villa Madama at Rome , which appears in Montaigne's list , was of a more sedate type , famous for having been designed by Raphael for Cardinal Giulio ...
... interest and admiration were aroused at the sight of this mimic naval engagement . The Villa Madama at Rome , which appears in Montaigne's list , was of a more sedate type , famous for having been designed by Raphael for Cardinal Giulio ...
Page 223
... interest in foreign plants seriously . He went by the name of Silva ' , from a book he wrote under that title , in which he treated of forest trees . He contemplated a later work which was never completed dealing with the tech- nical ...
... interest in foreign plants seriously . He went by the name of Silva ' , from a book he wrote under that title , in which he treated of forest trees . He contemplated a later work which was never completed dealing with the tech- nical ...
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