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... whilst it was in preparation for him . A similar remark may be made as to our limestone rocks , to which incalculable multitudes of creatures that once had life have contributed their remains . When we turn our eyes to the animal and ...
... whilst it was in preparation for him . A similar remark may be made as to our limestone rocks , to which incalculable multitudes of creatures that once had life have contributed their remains . When we turn our eyes to the animal and ...
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... Whilst the notion , therefore , that all the corn plants are originally one , and that one of them may still be readily changed into another , must be un- hesitatingly discarded , yet , considering what we know of the effects of ...
... Whilst the notion , therefore , that all the corn plants are originally one , and that one of them may still be readily changed into another , must be un- hesitatingly discarded , yet , considering what we know of the effects of ...
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... whilst the spikelets at the same time become less liable to be broken off ; the grain increases in size , and the floral envelopes - the glumes and paleæ - propor- tionally diminish ; the leaves , however , become larger , and the stem ...
... whilst the spikelets at the same time become less liable to be broken off ; the grain increases in size , and the floral envelopes - the glumes and paleæ - propor- tionally diminish ; the leaves , however , become larger , and the stem ...
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... whilst the plant is young , curious culti- vators have succeeded in obtaining an enormous produce from a single seed . One gentleman has recorded in the Philosophical Transactions , that by dividing and subdividing one plant , he ...
... whilst the plant is young , curious culti- vators have succeeded in obtaining an enormous produce from a single seed . One gentleman has recorded in the Philosophical Transactions , that by dividing and subdividing one plant , he ...
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... whilst the cen- tral floret is hermaphrodite , and its lower palea is produced into a very long awn , serrated upon two opposite sides . The ear thus exhibits from the first two opposite rows of awns , and eventually consists of two ...
... whilst the cen- tral floret is hermaphrodite , and its lower palea is produced into a very long awn , serrated upon two opposite sides . The ear thus exhibits from the first two opposite rows of awns , and eventually consists of two ...
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The Wealth of Nature: Our Food Supplies from the Vegetable Kingdom John Montgomery Affichage du livre entier - 1870 |
The Wealth of Nature. Our Food Supplies From the Vegetable Kingdom John Montgomery Aucun aperçu disponible - 2023 |
The Wealth of Nature. Our Food Supplies from the Vegetable Kingdom John Montgomery Aucun aperçu disponible - 2015 |
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