Recreations in BotanyHarper, 1893 - 216 страница |
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... FERTILIZING ORCHID FLOWER BY HAWK - MOTH VANDA LOWII CONSTRUCTION OF ORCHID A GROUP OF NATIVE ORCHIDS MASDEVALLIA DENISONIANA LYCASTE LELIA PRÆSTANS 28 35 37 45 48 49 53 WATER - CARRYING DUCTS OF PLANTS 62 HIGHLY - MAGNIFIED SECTION OF ...
... FERTILIZING ORCHID FLOWER BY HAWK - MOTH VANDA LOWII CONSTRUCTION OF ORCHID A GROUP OF NATIVE ORCHIDS MASDEVALLIA DENISONIANA LYCASTE LELIA PRÆSTANS 28 35 37 45 48 49 53 WATER - CARRYING DUCTS OF PLANTS 62 HIGHLY - MAGNIFIED SECTION OF ...
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... fertilized by the wind , as pines . Anther . The part of the stamen which contains the pollen , usu- ally consisting of two cells , which open , when the pollen is ripe , by a slit . Cleistogamous . - Closed fertilization . Applied to ...
... fertilized by the wind , as pines . Anther . The part of the stamen which contains the pollen , usu- ally consisting of two cells , which open , when the pollen is ripe , by a slit . Cleistogamous . - Closed fertilization . Applied to ...
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... . Geologists know that dicotyledonous plants did not occur in large numbers till nectar - seeking insects were evolved . For the curious fact is that the greater num- ber of flowers are fertilized by the aid of insects.
... . Geologists know that dicotyledonous plants did not occur in large numbers till nectar - seeking insects were evolved . For the curious fact is that the greater num- ber of flowers are fertilized by the aid of insects.
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Caroline Alathea Stickney Creevey. ber of flowers are fertilized by the aid of insects , and do not wish to fertilize themselves - in fact , take great pains to prevent a union between their own organs . We have seen that the object of a ...
Caroline Alathea Stickney Creevey. ber of flowers are fertilized by the aid of insects , and do not wish to fertilize themselves - in fact , take great pains to prevent a union between their own organs . We have seen that the object of a ...
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... and others without petals , in summer , which are fertilized in the unopened bud . You must pull aside the leaves to find the summer blossoms and their pods in autumn . These concealed blossoms are 22 BOTANY AS A RECREATION.
... and others without petals , in summer , which are fertilized in the unopened bud . You must pull aside the leaves to find the summer blossoms and their pods in autumn . These concealed blossoms are 22 BOTANY AS A RECREATION.
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Страница 210 - And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying: "Here is a story-book Thy Father has written for thee." " Come, wander with me," she said, " Into regions yet untrod ; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God.
Страница 210 - Thy Father has written for thee." "Come, wander with me," she said, "Into regions yet untrod; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvellous tale.
Страница 132 - ... the tender framing of their endless imagery. Sharing the stillness of the unimpassioned rock, they share also its endurance ; and while the winds of departing spring scatter the white hawthorn blossom like drifted snow, and summer dims on the parched meadow the drooping of its cowslip gold, — far above, among the mountains, the silver lichen spots rest, starlike, on the stone : and the gathering orange stain, upon the edge of yonder western peak, reflects the sunsets of a thousand years.
Страница 132 - Unfading as motionless, the worm frets them not, and the autumn wastes not. Strong in lowliness, they neither blanch in heat nor pine in frost. To them, slow-fingered, constant-hearted, is entrusted the weaving of the dark, eternal tapestries of the hills ; to them, slowpencilled, iris-dyed, the tender framing of their endless imagery.
Страница 192 - As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire ; 15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
Страница 132 - ... stillness of the unimpassioned rock, they share also its endurance ; and while the winds of departing spring scatter the white hawthorn blossom like drifted snow, and summer dims on the parched meadow the drooping of its...
Страница 41 - And follow upward thro' the tangled wood, By highways cool and sweet; From dewy glade to bold and rugged steep Pass fleet as winds and showers, With careless joy we thread the woodland ways And reach her broad domain. Thro' sense of strength and beauty free as air.
Страница 29 - L. hyssopifolia, and it has just flashed on me that you might have Lythrum in North America, and I have looked to your Manual. For the love of heaven have a look at some of your species, and if you can get me seed, do ; I want much to try species with few stamens, if they are dimorphic ; Nescea verticillata I should expect to be trimorphic.
Страница 42 - neath the tree The goddess" self I almost hope to see. The tints of purple and the texture fine, The curves of beauty seen in every line. With fringes exquisite of golden hue Perfect the wonders of the fairy shoe. The goddess surely must have been in haste, Like Daphne, fleeing when Apollo chased, And leaving here a slipper by the way, Intends to find it on another day.