Nature, Volume 11Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1874 - Science |
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Page 91
... plants for Kew , and two have now arrived in this country , the largest being 8 ft . in height , but there is some doubt whether either will eventually survive the voyage . Aloe dichotoma appears to attain a height of about 30 ft ...
... plants for Kew , and two have now arrived in this country , the largest being 8 ft . in height , but there is some doubt whether either will eventually survive the voyage . Aloe dichotoma appears to attain a height of about 30 ft ...
Page 213
... plants enumerated occur in great abundance in different parts of the colony , and , it is said , are being yearly destroyed to an enormous extent by the progress of settlement . Most of the plants alluded to in this paper belong to the ...
... plants enumerated occur in great abundance in different parts of the colony , and , it is said , are being yearly destroyed to an enormous extent by the progress of settlement . Most of the plants alluded to in this paper belong to the ...
Page 434
... plants , and the habit of growth of the perennials , seem to indi- cate that this very seldom happens . An attentive study of the distribution of Arctic flowering plants would lead us to believe that few new species remain to be ...
... plants , and the habit of growth of the perennials , seem to indi- cate that this very seldom happens . An attentive study of the distribution of Arctic flowering plants would lead us to believe that few new species remain to be ...
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