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Page 25
... soil , an equal dose of humi- dity ; yet nearly all , perhaps all , the plants in these two similar localities shall be distinct . A certain degree of analogy , indeed , of aspect , and even of structure , might very possibly be ...
... soil , an equal dose of humi- dity ; yet nearly all , perhaps all , the plants in these two similar localities shall be distinct . A certain degree of analogy , indeed , of aspect , and even of structure , might very possibly be ...
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... soil , humidity , light , elevation above the sea , and other analogous cir- cumstances ; whereas , by habitation is meant a general indication of the country where a plant grows wild . Thus the station of a plant may be a salt - marsh ...
... soil , humidity , light , elevation above the sea , and other analogous cir- cumstances ; whereas , by habitation is meant a general indication of the country where a plant grows wild . Thus the station of a plant may be a salt - marsh ...
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... from the springing up of mush- rooms whenever particular soils and decomposed or- Linn . , Tour in Lapland , vol . ii . p . 282 . ganic matter are mixed together , that the production of C 5 Ch . V. ] 33 DISPERSION OF PLANTS .
... from the springing up of mush- rooms whenever particular soils and decomposed or- Linn . , Tour in Lapland , vol . ii . p . 282 . ganic matter are mixed together , that the production of C 5 Ch . V. ] 33 DISPERSION OF PLANTS .
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... soil been favourable . Among these the Guilandina Bonduc , a leguminous plant , is particularly mentioned , as having been raised from a seed found on the west coast of Ireland . * Sir Hans Sloane states , that several kinds of beans ...
... soil been favourable . Among these the Guilandina Bonduc , a leguminous plant , is particularly mentioned , as having been raised from a seed found on the west coast of Ireland . * Sir Hans Sloane states , that several kinds of beans ...
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... soil on which herbs and pine - saplings are seen growing , which may often continue to vegetate on some distant shore where the ice - island is stranded . - Dispersion of marine plants . With respect to marine 36 [ Book III . DISPERSION OF.
... soil on which herbs and pine - saplings are seen growing , which may often continue to vegetate on some distant shore where the ice - island is stranded . - Dispersion of marine plants . With respect to marine 36 [ Book III . DISPERSION OF.
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