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... tell you something . Then there are those pretty little mosses that grow on the old walls ; and see on this bit of stick which you brought me to - day , there are growing two tiny living plants called lichens . With my large magni ...
... tell you something . Then there are those pretty little mosses that grow on the old walls ; and see on this bit of stick which you brought me to - day , there are growing two tiny living plants called lichens . With my large magni ...
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... tell me it in Latin . You call it crowfoot , or bluebell , or whatever it is . GRANNY . - Yes , Henry , because you have not yet learned anything more than the Families of Plants . 17 common English names of flowers 16 Talks about Plants .
... tell me it in Latin . You call it crowfoot , or bluebell , or whatever it is . GRANNY . - Yes , Henry , because you have not yet learned anything more than the Families of Plants . 17 common English names of flowers 16 Talks about Plants .
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... tell you that there are two first great divisions in all plants . A very large number , and those that we see chiefly in our own country , are called Exogens . They all have veined or netted leaves , and stems or trunks that are usually ...
... tell you that there are two first great divisions in all plants . A very large number , and those that we see chiefly in our own country , are called Exogens . They all have veined or netted leaves , and stems or trunks that are usually ...
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... style . Now I think I have done with troublesome names for the parts of a plant , and can tell you what the parts do , if you will try to remember what they are called . C FEBRUARY . ' Now the glad earth her frozen zone.
... style . Now I think I have done with troublesome names for the parts of a plant , and can tell you what the parts do , if you will try to remember what they are called . C FEBRUARY . ' Now the glad earth her frozen zone.
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... tell you that the snowdrop belongs to the same family as the daffodil and the nar- cissus , which come later , but to a different genus . The family name is Amaryllads , and you will see that all the plants of that family have leaves ...
... tell you that the snowdrop belongs to the same family as the daffodil and the nar- cissus , which come later , but to a different genus . The family name is Amaryllads , and you will see that all the plants of that family have leaves ...
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