The Four Seasons: A Short Account of the Structure of Plants : Four Lectures1865 - Plant anatomy - 75 pages |
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... writing upon leaves we say the leaves of a book ; but the word book is from the Saxon word Boc , or Beech , thin tablets of beech - wood having been used by our ancestors for writing upon , as ivory or porce- lain tablets are sometimes ...
... writing upon leaves we say the leaves of a book ; but the word book is from the Saxon word Boc , or Beech , thin tablets of beech - wood having been used by our ancestors for writing upon , as ivory or porce- lain tablets are sometimes ...
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... written . When we look upon Autumn flowers , Dickens ' delightful picture of that season naturally recurs to our thoughts , and I think you may like to be reminded of it , though it has nothing to do with plants : - " There is no month ...
... written . When we look upon Autumn flowers , Dickens ' delightful picture of that season naturally recurs to our thoughts , and I think you may like to be reminded of it , though it has nothing to do with plants : - " There is no month ...
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... Written and Illustrated by THOMAS HOOD . Quarto , price 2s . 6d . coloured plates . " Full of fun and of good innocent humour . The Illustrations are excellent . " - The Critic . Scenes and Stories of the Rhine . By M. BETHAM EDWARDS ...
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... written ; they are inde- libly stamped with that natural and graceful method of amusing while instructing , which only persons of genius possess . " - Art Journal . WILLIAM DALTON'S BOOKS FOR BOYS . With Illustrations ; Fcap . 8vo ...
... written ; they are inde- libly stamped with that natural and graceful method of amusing while instructing , which only persons of genius possess . " - Art Journal . WILLIAM DALTON'S BOOKS FOR BOYS . With Illustrations ; Fcap . 8vo ...
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