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... Plants Key to Plate IV . Key to Plate V. VIII . Geographical Distribution of Animals 62 66 82 86 IX . Geographical Distribution of Man 116 X. General Features of the Earth - The British Isles . 124 XI . THE OLD WORLD - Central Band of ...
... Plants Key to Plate IV . Key to Plate V. VIII . Geographical Distribution of Animals 62 66 82 86 IX . Geographical Distribution of Man 116 X. General Features of the Earth - The British Isles . 124 XI . THE OLD WORLD - Central Band of ...
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... Plants 63 The Fan - Palm . - Corypha Umbraculifera 68 Plate of Geographical Distribution of Animals 83 Painted Lady ... Plant . Grotto of Antiparos 164 171 178 Pass between Scogstadt and Vaug Norway Spruce Fir . - Abies excelsa Dwarf ...
... Plants 63 The Fan - Palm . - Corypha Umbraculifera 68 Plate of Geographical Distribution of Animals 83 Painted Lady ... Plant . Grotto of Antiparos 164 171 178 Pass between Scogstadt and Vaug Norway Spruce Fir . - Abies excelsa Dwarf ...
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... plants , and to give them a wider range on the earth's surface . This , however , can only be advantageously effected , by attending to the conditions they require of soil , temperature , and moisture . An acquaintance with such ...
... plants , and to give them a wider range on the earth's surface . This , however , can only be advantageously effected , by attending to the conditions they require of soil , temperature , and moisture . An acquaintance with such ...
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... plants , some approaching in character to the productions of our own land , others presenting new and singular forms . Such descriptions of small and detached portions of the earth's surface , kindle in us a desire to become acquainted ...
... plants , some approaching in character to the productions of our own land , others presenting new and singular forms . Such descriptions of small and detached portions of the earth's surface , kindle in us a desire to become acquainted ...
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... to acknowledge that Needs must the Power That made us , and for us this ample world , Be infinitely good , and of this good As liberal and free as infinite . GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS . EXOGENE . 69A 80- 70- CLIMATE . 61.
... to acknowledge that Needs must the Power That made us , and for us this ample world , Be infinitely good , and of this good As liberal and free as infinite . GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS . EXOGENE . 69A 80- 70- CLIMATE . 61.
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