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... arrival will be found in the Appendix . The cases were refilled at Sydney in the month of Fe- bruary , 1834 , the thermometer then being between 90 ° and 100 ° . In their passage to England they encountered very varying temperatures ...
... arrival will be found in the Appendix . The cases were refilled at Sydney in the month of Fe- bruary , 1834 , the thermometer then being between 90 ° and 100 ° . In their passage to England they encountered very varying temperatures ...
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... arrived in the British Channel , the thermometer then being as low as 40 ° . These plants were placed upon the deck during the whole voyage and were not once watered , yet on their arrival at the docks they were in the most healthy and ...
... arrived in the British Channel , the thermometer then being as low as 40 ° . These plants were placed upon the deck during the whole voyage and were not once watered , yet on their arrival at the docks they were in the most healthy and ...
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... arrived at Brest on the 24th of July , only two months after their departure from Rio , and the shrubs reached Paris in the latter end of August , reduced to 1500 in number , about one - third of the original stock including young ...
... arrived at Brest on the 24th of July , only two months after their departure from Rio , and the shrubs reached Paris in the latter end of August , reduced to 1500 in number , about one - third of the original stock including young ...
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... arrived at Loddiges , three or four years ago , there were twenty - eight plants of Araucaria excelsa without a single dead or yellow leaf upon them . If , in this case , some free - growing plant had been introduced , the proba- bility ...
... arrived at Loddiges , three or four years ago , there were twenty - eight plants of Araucaria excelsa without a single dead or yellow leaf upon them . If , in this case , some free - growing plant had been introduced , the proba- bility ...
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... arrive in this country in warm weather . It has not unfrequently happened that cases full of precious plants , which have reached the Land's End ( Cornwall ) in a vigorous condi- tion , after a voyage of several months , have perished ...
... arrive in this country in warm weather . It has not unfrequently happened that cases full of precious plants , which have reached the Land's End ( Cornwall ) in a vigorous condi- tion , after a voyage of several months , have perished ...
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Page 26 - God made the earth and the heavens, when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up— for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground; but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground...
Page 62 - Can that Being (thought I), who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image? — surely not ! Reflections like these, would not allow me to despair. I started up, and disregarding both hunger and fatigue, travelled forwards, assured that relief was at hand ; and I was not disappointed.
Page 62 - I mention this, to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation, for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsules, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures...
Page 62 - At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss, in fructification, irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this, to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for, though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being...
Page 56 - He states that the cases of disease on the dark side of an extensive barrack at St. Petersburg have been uniformly for many years in the proportion of three to one to those on the side exposed to strong light.
Page 59 - The busy day — the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh.
Page 26 - And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Page 61 - Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season — naked and alone, surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. All these circumstances crowded at once on my recollection, and I confess that my spirits began to fail me. I considered my fate as certain, and that I had no alternative but to lie down and perish. The influence...
Page 61 - I sat for some time looking around me with amazement and terror. Whichsoever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season, naked and alone, surrounded by savage animals, and by men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. All these circumstances crowded at once upon my recollection, and, I confess, my spirits began to fail me.
Page 8 - But if the laws of nature, on the one hand, are invincible opponents, on the other, they are irresistible auxiliaries ; and it will not be amiss if we regard them in each of those characters, and consider the great importance of a knowledge of them to mankind, — I.