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... covered with vegetation ) , succeed so much better than in the well - kept garden of the amateur ; the continued exhalation from the plants ensuring a constantly moist atmosphere , which is of as much use to vegetation as the rain . In ...
... covered with vegetation ) , succeed so much better than in the well - kept garden of the amateur ; the continued exhalation from the plants ensuring a constantly moist atmosphere , which is of as much use to vegetation as the rain . In ...
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... covered again with ma- nure , and constantly watered . In this way the vine is brought to bear fruit , small in size , but called , in the language of the Brazils , light - forests ( Caa - tinga ) . What is extraordinary , if no rain ...
... covered again with ma- nure , and constantly watered . In this way the vine is brought to bear fruit , small in size , but called , in the language of the Brazils , light - forests ( Caa - tinga ) . What is extraordinary , if no rain ...
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... covered with hundreds of flowers . Let us pause here a moment and reflect deeply on the wonders around us . We shall find a continued succession of beauties throughout the year , beginning with the primrose , the violet , and the ...
... covered with hundreds of flowers . Let us pause here a moment and reflect deeply on the wonders around us . We shall find a continued succession of beauties throughout the year , beginning with the primrose , the violet , and the ...
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... covered with viscid or resinous secre- tions . Hence the miserable appearance of most of the conifera in London , although these are plants , many species of which flourish in the driest sands . In my letter to Sir W. J. Hooker ...
... covered with viscid or resinous secre- tions . Hence the miserable appearance of most of the conifera in London , although these are plants , many species of which flourish in the driest sands . In my letter to Sir W. J. Hooker ...
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... up , and the earliest object of my ambition was to possess an old wall covered with ferns and mosses . To obtain this end , I built up some rock -. ON THE IMITATION OF THE NATURAL CONDITIONS OF PLANTS IN CLOSELY GLAZED CASES .
... up , and the earliest object of my ambition was to possess an old wall covered with ferns and mosses . To obtain this end , I built up some rock -. ON THE IMITATION OF THE NATURAL CONDITIONS OF PLANTS IN CLOSELY GLAZED CASES .
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