Elements of Botany: Or Outlines of the Natural History of Vegetables. Illustrated by Forty Plates ...author, 1812 - 378 |
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... surface of the stock , or principal root . We have examples of this species of root in the Carrot , the Parsnip , the Hemlock , the Radish , Horse- radish , and many others . Cultivation frequently changes the spindle - shaped root into ...
... surface of the stock , or principal root . We have examples of this species of root in the Carrot , the Parsnip , the Hemlock , the Radish , Horse- radish , and many others . Cultivation frequently changes the spindle - shaped root into ...
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... States , by the ridiculous name of " Adam and Eve . " Where two bulbs are thus united together , it is commonly observed , that one of them is light , empty , and swims upon the surface of the water 10 ELEMENTS OF BOTANY .
... States , by the ridiculous name of " Adam and Eve . " Where two bulbs are thus united together , it is commonly observed , that one of them is light , empty , and swims upon the surface of the water 10 ELEMENTS OF BOTANY .
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... surface of the water ; whilst the other , which is solid , sinks by reason of its weight . From the former , the plant of the present year has pro- ceeded , whilst the latter contains the bud of the future . year * . LINNEUS , it has ...
... surface of the water ; whilst the other , which is solid , sinks by reason of its weight . From the former , the plant of the present year has pro- ceeded , whilst the latter contains the bud of the future . year * . LINNEUS , it has ...
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... surface of the ground , nearly in a ho- rizontal direction . The Iris , the May - apple * , the Hop , the Cinquefoil , and many other plants furnish us with ex- amples of this direction of the root . Some of the horizon- tal roots run ...
... surface of the ground , nearly in a ho- rizontal direction . The Iris , the May - apple * , the Hop , the Cinquefoil , and many other plants furnish us with ex- amples of this direction of the root . Some of the horizon- tal roots run ...
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... surface of the earth , and from its bosom they derive a large part of their nourishment and growth . But there are many vegetables which are not thus neces- sarily attached to the earth . The Misletoe , the Vanilla , the Dodder , the ...
... surface of the earth , and from its bosom they derive a large part of their nourishment and growth . But there are many vegetables which are not thus neces- sarily attached to the earth . The Misletoe , the Vanilla , the Dodder , the ...
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Strona ii - Elements of Botany, or outlines of the natural history of vegetables, illustrated with forty plates; the second edition, first volume. 310 pages, with an index of forty pages — 1812. "19. Additional facts, observations, and conjectures, relative to the generation of the opossum of North America, in a letter to Professor JAH Reimarus, of Hamburg; octavo, 24 pages — 1813.
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.