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... trees , and a great deal besides that he would never be likely to think of . So full and lifelike are the descriptions and illustrations that tree- lovers , however slight their training , are enabled to identify all the trees , learn ...
... trees , and a great deal besides that he would never be likely to think of . So full and lifelike are the descriptions and illustrations that tree- lovers , however slight their training , are enabled to identify all the trees , learn ...
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... trees were waving and fluttering about him , telling their stories , all else was forgotten . Love made everything light . He thought nothing of crossing the continent to study a single tree in its va- ried forms , as influenced by soil ...
... trees were waving and fluttering about him , telling their stories , all else was forgotten . Love made everything light . He thought nothing of crossing the continent to study a single tree in its va- ried forms , as influenced by soil ...
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... trees fœtid , or white , black , on account of the namers having seen and smelled only decaying specimens . The law of Priority doubtless tends to keep down the growth of unmanageable nomenclatorial confusion . But in some cases , a too ...
... trees fœtid , or white , black , on account of the namers having seen and smelled only decaying specimens . The law of Priority doubtless tends to keep down the growth of unmanageable nomenclatorial confusion . But in some cases , a too ...
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... trees were known or partly known and described before this work was commenced . But these de- scriptions , besides being short and tech- nical , were scattered in many books be- yond reach of the general reader . The first book on our trees ...
... trees were known or partly known and described before this work was commenced . But these de- scriptions , besides being short and tech- nical , were scattered in many books be- yond reach of the general reader . The first book on our trees ...
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... trees . To be understood they must be studied in the forest ; and therefore , since the plan of writing this Silva was formed , I have ex- amined the trees of America growing in their native homes from Canada to the banks of the Rio ...
... trees . To be understood they must be studied in the forest ; and therefore , since the plan of writing this Silva was formed , I have ex- amined the trees of America growing in their native homes from Canada to the banks of the Rio ...
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