Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society of London, Volume 33The Society., 1908 - Botany Vols. for 1869-1952 include Extracts from the proceedings of the Royal Horticultural Society. |
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... stem , or , as botanists say , alternately ; c.g. the Garden Flag , a Sedge , the Oak , and the Holly . Others will almost always have two leaves at the same position ( or node ) , but situated on opposite sides of the stem ; e.g. Lilac ...
... stem , or , as botanists say , alternately ; c.g. the Garden Flag , a Sedge , the Oak , and the Holly . Others will almost always have two leaves at the same position ( or node ) , but situated on opposite sides of the stem ; e.g. Lilac ...
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... stem before arriving at the sixth leaf ; the portion of the spiral intercepted between the first and sixth leaf is called a cycle . Obs . 4. A cycle contains five leaves , the sixth being the first leaf of the succeeding cycle . The ...
... stem before arriving at the sixth leaf ; the portion of the spiral intercepted between the first and sixth leaf is called a cycle . Obs . 4. A cycle contains five leaves , the sixth being the first leaf of the succeeding cycle . The ...
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... stems were arranged alternately , and could be represented by the fractions ,,, & c . 3 , & c . But more than this ; for I found that the fractions , fr , 13 , and others were likewise to be frequently obtained . Now these latter are ...
... stems were arranged alternately , and could be represented by the fractions ,,, & c . 3 , & c . But more than this ; for I found that the fractions , fr , 13 , and others were likewise to be frequently obtained . Now these latter are ...
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... stem may be strictly vertical , the arrangement must be represented by some fraction the denominator of which measures ... stems with well - developed internodes can be represented by some one of the fractions , } , % , and 3 ; whereas ...
... stem may be strictly vertical , the arrangement must be represented by some fraction the denominator of which measures ... stems with well - developed internodes can be represented by some one of the fractions , } , % , and 3 ; whereas ...
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... stems of the Jerusalem Artichoke , it appears that to resolve opposite and decussate leaves into spirals of the primary series and tricussate verticils into those of the secondary series is more easily accomplished than any other kinds ...
... stems of the Jerusalem Artichoke , it appears that to resolve opposite and decussate leaves into spirals of the primary series and tricussate verticils into those of the secondary series is more easily accomplished than any other kinds ...
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Page 32 - land and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril; and if he does not do so he is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape. He can excuse himself by showing that the escape was
Page 105 - Hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram, And marigold that goes to bed with the sun, And with him rises weeping : these are flowers Of middle summer, and I think they are given To men of middle age.
Page 105 - those that perfume the air most delightfully, not passed by as the rest, but being trodden upon and crushed, are three—that is, burnet, wild thyme, and water-mints. Therefore you are to set whole alleys of them, to have the pleasure when you walk or tread.
Page 104 - Not all the water in the rough, rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed king." King Richard II., act iii. sc. 2.
Page 32 - The general rule, as above stated, seems on principle just. The person whose grass or corn is eaten down by the escaping cattle of his neighbour, or whose mine is flooded by the water from his neighbour's reservoir, or whose cellar is invaded by the
Page 3 - It may metaphorically be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinising, throughout the world, the slightest variations ; rejecting those that are bad, preserving and adding up all that are good.
Page 2 - be thought improbable . . . that variations useful in some way to each being in the great and complex battle of life should occur in the course of many successive generations ? If such do occur, can we doubt . . . that
Page 2 - individuals having any advantage, however slight, over others, would have the best chance of surviving and of procreating their kind ? On the other hand, we may feel sure that any variation in the least degree injurious would be rigidly destroyed ? This preservation of favourable individual differences and variations and the destruction of those which are injurious I have called Natural Selection, or the Survival of the Fittest.
Page 27 - provided that no person shall be compelled nor any surveyor permitted to cut or prune any hedge at any other time than between the last day of September and the last day of March. A
Page 32 - from his neighbour's privy, or whose habitation is made unhealthy by the fumes and noisome vapours of his neighbour's alkali works, is damnified without any fault of his own; and it