The Youth's Book of Nature: Or, The Four Seasons Illustrated: Being Familiar Descriptions of Natural History, Made During Walks in the Country, Volumes 1-2D. Appleton & Company, 1845 - Nature study |
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Page 26
... pointals ; it must belong to digynia , or the second order . You are right , Edward . It is generally propagated by layers and shoots , rather than by seeds ; though these are very numcious . It has been calculated , that from one seed ...
... pointals ; it must belong to digynia , or the second order . You are right , Edward . It is generally propagated by layers and shoots , rather than by seeds ; though these are very numcious . It has been calculated , that from one seed ...
Page 59
... pointals , and is , therefore , of Dyginia , or the second order . Barley and grass belong to the same family . Its name , among botanists , is triticum . There are many kinds of wheat . Four are natives of Britain ; the rest are of ...
... pointals , and is , therefore , of Dyginia , or the second order . Barley and grass belong to the same family . Its name , among botanists , is triticum . There are many kinds of wheat . Four are natives of Britain ; the rest are of ...
Page 76
... pointals , and is of the trigynia , or third order . Virgil gives me its Latin name ; it is FAGUS . Mr. White says , " Whether we consider its smooth rind or bark , its glossy foliage or graceful pendulous 76 SPRING .
... pointals , and is of the trigynia , or third order . Virgil gives me its Latin name ; it is FAGUS . Mr. White says , " Whether we consider its smooth rind or bark , its glossy foliage or graceful pendulous 76 SPRING .
Page 79
... pointals . This order contains no other plant . You said , that the cherry , plum , pear , apple , medlar , strawberry , raspberry , rose , and moun- tain - ash , all belong to this class . They do ; it is quite a fruit class . There ...
... pointals . This order contains no other plant . You said , that the cherry , plum , pear , apple , medlar , strawberry , raspberry , rose , and moun- tain - ash , all belong to this class . They do ; it is quite a fruit class . There ...
Page 98
... pointals . Of what use are the buttercups ? They adorn our meadows ; and most likely they may give food to some of the insect tribes ; but I can- not give you particulars . Even if these and the many other beautiful flowers , which are ...
... pointals . Of what use are the buttercups ? They adorn our meadows ; and most likely they may give food to some of the insect tribes ; but I can- not give you particulars . Even if these and the many other beautiful flowers , which are ...
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