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... found it wild in Teneriffe , near Igueste . Its original country , therefore , is not India , as had long been believed ; nor does its appear- ance in the Canaries contradict the opinion of those who 86 PHYSIOGNOMY OF PLANTS .
... found it wild in Teneriffe , near Igueste . Its original country , therefore , is not India , as had long been believed ; nor does its appear- ance in the Canaries contradict the opinion of those who 86 PHYSIOGNOMY OF PLANTS .
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... original documents , for the knowledge of which I am indebted to the kindness of Stadtgerichts - Assessor Römer . A legend connects the rose - tree with a vow made by the first founder of the cathedral , Ludwig the Pious and an original ...
... original documents , for the knowledge of which I am indebted to the kindness of Stadtgerichts - Assessor Römer . A legend connects the rose - tree with a vow made by the first founder of the cathedral , Ludwig the Pious and an original ...
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... original state of the earth , and to catastrophes which have not affected all parts of our planet simultaneously . The large pachydermatous animals are at the present time want- ing in the New Continent , while we still find them in ...
... original state of the earth , and to catastrophes which have not affected all parts of our planet simultaneously . The large pachydermatous animals are at the present time want- ing in the New Continent , while we still find them in ...
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... original distribution of plants , future investigation will dispel the doubts which have been felt in several quar- ters respecting the existence of true Asiatic Opuntiaceæ . In the animal kingdom particular forms are found to occur ...
... original distribution of plants , future investigation will dispel the doubts which have been felt in several quar- ters respecting the existence of true Asiatic Opuntiaceæ . In the animal kingdom particular forms are found to occur ...
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... original distribution of vegetable forms , a distribution which cannot be sufficiently and satisfactorily explained solely by similarity or diversity of soil , thermic relations , or me- teorological phenomena . I remarked long ago that ...
... original distribution of vegetable forms , a distribution which cannot be sufficiently and satisfactorily explained solely by similarity or diversity of soil , thermic relations , or me- teorological phenomena . I remarked long ago that ...
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