The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 40D. Appleton, 1892 - Science |
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Page 66
... Observations have shown that , were it not for the * Gray's Botanical Text - Book , vols . i and ii . A Selection from the Physiological and Horticultural Papers published in the Transactions of the Royal and Horticultural Societies ...
... Observations have shown that , were it not for the * Gray's Botanical Text - Book , vols . i and ii . A Selection from the Physiological and Horticultural Papers published in the Transactions of the Royal and Horticultural Societies ...
Page 67
... observation , taken in hand ? The reason is plain . We are all content to move along in lines of least resistance , and are disinclined to make a fresh start . It is merely leaving well enough alone , and , so far as the cereals are ...
... observation , taken in hand ? The reason is plain . We are all content to move along in lines of least resistance , and are disinclined to make a fresh start . It is merely leaving well enough alone , and , so far as the cereals are ...
Page 73
... observation there were sundry boiled roots , shoots , and seeds which were not recognizable by me in their cooked form . Prof. Georgeson , * formerly of Japan , has kindly identified some of these for me , but he says , " There are ...
... observation there were sundry boiled roots , shoots , and seeds which were not recognizable by me in their cooked form . Prof. Georgeson , * formerly of Japan , has kindly identified some of these for me , but he says , " There are ...
Page 90
... observing them . He sought by precept and example to revive the moral sense of the people ; but at the end of a long life he died in poverty and disappointment , having apparently produced no impression . Kung - fu - tse ( Latinized ...
... observing them . He sought by precept and example to revive the moral sense of the people ; but at the end of a long life he died in poverty and disappointment , having apparently produced no impression . Kung - fu - tse ( Latinized ...
Page 100
... observation and imitation of Nature , and especially of living Nature , is remarkably manifested . An image of a mammoth , found in the cave of La Magdelaine , in the Dordogne , is engraved on a tablet of mammoth- bone . Very striking ...
... observation and imitation of Nature , and especially of living Nature , is remarkably manifested . An image of a mammoth , found in the cave of La Magdelaine , in the Dordogne , is engraved on a tablet of mammoth- bone . Very striking ...
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