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... in the Third Part . My original proposals were to furnish a volume of , at least , two hundred and eighty pages , with eighteen plates . It is unnecessary to say , how much the work cies and imperfections of the second part of the work.
... in the Third Part . My original proposals were to furnish a volume of , at least , two hundred and eighty pages , with eighteen plates . It is unnecessary to say , how much the work cies and imperfections of the second part of the work.
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... furnish us with the best examples of this form of root . In the grasses , the fibres proceed from a small knot at the base of the stem . This kind of root , consisting of very slender fibres , is some- times denominated Radix capillacea ...
... furnish us with the best examples of this form of root . In the grasses , the fibres proceed from a small knot at the base of the stem . This kind of root , consisting of very slender fibres , is some- times denominated Radix capillacea ...
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... furnish us with examples of this form of root . 5. THE radix granulata , or granulate root , consists of several little tubers , or fleshy knobs , which some- what resemble grains of corn . The Saxifraga granula- ta , or White Saxifrage ...
... furnish us with examples of this form of root . 5. THE radix granulata , or granulate root , consists of several little tubers , or fleshy knobs , which some- what resemble grains of corn . The Saxifraga granula- ta , or White Saxifrage ...
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... furnish us with examples of this beautiful kind of bulb . 2. THE bulbus solidus , or solid bulb , consists of one solid and fleshy substance . The Tulip is said , by Lin- næus , and many of his followers , to supply us with an instance ...
... furnish us with examples of this beautiful kind of bulb . 2. THE bulbus solidus , or solid bulb , consists of one solid and fleshy substance . The Tulip is said , by Lin- næus , and many of his followers , to supply us with an instance ...
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... furnish instances of this species of bulb . The coats of this kind of bulb are some- times very thick and succulent , insomuch that they are sufficient to make the plant vegetate , without the aid of earth or water . Thus , we often ...
... furnish instances of this species of bulb . The coats of this kind of bulb are some- times very thick and succulent , insomuch that they are sufficient to make the plant vegetate , without the aid of earth or water . Thus , we often ...
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Strona i - ... Scotland ; Member | of the American Philosophical Society ; Fellow of the American Academy | of Arts and Sciences of Boston ; Corresponding Member of the | Massachusetts Historical Society; Member of the Phy- 1 sical Society of Jena; one of the Foreign Members | of the Lmnœan Society of London ; | and | Professor of Materia Medica, Natural History and Botany, | in the | University of Pennsylvania.
Strona 248 - ... equal in weight to one grain; and that the weight of the whole quantity of seed in a single stalk of Tobacco, is such, that the number of seeds, according to the above-mentioned proportion, must be 3 60, 000.
Strona xi - I thus publicly return my thanks to the ingenious naturalist, for his kind liberality in enriching my work, I sincerely rejoice to have an opportunity of declaring how much of my happiness in the study of natural history, has been owing to my acquaintance with him; how often I have availed myself of his knowledge in the investigation of the natural productions of our native country; how sincerely I have loved him for the happiest union of moral integrity, with original genius, and unaspiring science,...
Strona 317 - Domine," of our singers; and, after partaking silently of the luxurious banquet, again set up their tuneful paeans. Honey is of no other use to plants than to tempt insects, who, in procuring it, fertilize the flower by disturbing the dust of the stamens, and even carry that substance from the barren to the fertile blossoms.