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... never succeed in improving these dear dumb friends and pensioners of ours off the face of the earth . They are one of the beau- tiful links which bind us to the præ - human past ; and I hope we may hand them on as part of our common ...
... never succeed in improving these dear dumb friends and pensioners of ours off the face of the earth . They are one of the beau- tiful links which bind us to the præ - human past ; and I hope we may hand them on as part of our common ...
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... never have any petals at all , brown , green , or otherwise ; but flowers which are fertilised by insects have them red , white , blue , or yellow ; and flowers which have once been so fertilised and have after- wards relapsed almost ...
... never have any petals at all , brown , green , or otherwise ; but flowers which are fertilised by insects have them red , white , blue , or yellow ; and flowers which have once been so fertilised and have after- wards relapsed almost ...
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... never had any ; though , judging from its close relations and the numerous intermediate forms , it is more likely that it once had them , but has now hopelessly lost them - as hopelessly as the snake has lost its legs . may be , the ...
... never had any ; though , judging from its close relations and the numerous intermediate forms , it is more likely that it once had them , but has now hopelessly lost them - as hopelessly as the snake has lost its legs . may be , the ...
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... never miss a chance of manufacturing a new species where possible , admit that they are perhaps mere varieties of a single form . But then these varieties , especially when so markedly dependent upon difference in function , are nothing ...
... never miss a chance of manufacturing a new species where possible , admit that they are perhaps mere varieties of a single form . But then these varieties , especially when so markedly dependent upon difference in function , are nothing ...
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... never won fair lady . If the insects did not venture out into the open to seek their mates and to charm them with their painted pinions , some bolder rivals would carry off the prize , and so leave the cowards unrepresented in future ...
... never won fair lady . If the insects did not venture out into the open to seek their mates and to charm them with their painted pinions , some bolder rivals would carry off the prize , and so leave the cowards unrepresented in future ...
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Academy Notes adapted æsthetic ancestors animals attract Author beautiful bees BESANT and JAMES birds blossoms boulders BRET HARTE bright butterflies calyx capsule carp CHARLES GIBBON close cloth extra cloth gilt cloth limp colour creatures cromlech Crown 8vo cyprinoids deer Demy 8vo developed donkey earth Edited English Essay existence eyes Facsimile fauna fertilisation fish flora flowers fruit glacial glaciers guelder rose habit hedgehogs History insectivores insects JAMES PAYN JAMES RICE JULIAN HAWTHORNE JUSTIN MCCARTHY leaves living Llyn Gwernant look LYNN LINTON MACQUOID mammalian mammals moths mountain natural nettle numerous Illustrations once original OUIDA peculiar petals pimpernel pistil plants Poems Pole pollen Portrait Post 8vo pretty primitive red campion seeds selection side Small 8vo specialised species Square 8vo stamens stem Stories survive tertiary tion tribe tropical trout veronica Vols W. H. MALLOCK waders WALTER BESANT weeds whole WILKIE COLLINS woodland loosestrife woodrush
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