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... pleasure , affording a new proof how much certain good discoveries in botany are casual , and the effect of some happy moment . " I went one day in August to my mountain Suchet . In going up the fir woods at the side , I learnt by the ...
... pleasure , affording a new proof how much certain good discoveries in botany are casual , and the effect of some happy moment . " I went one day in August to my mountain Suchet . In going up the fir woods at the side , I learnt by the ...
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... pleasure of sending to Dr. Smith yesterday were , I hope , mode- rately worthy of a place in an herbarium ; but the first was so little so , that I was quite unwilling to send it . The evening coach yesterday brought me your packet ...
... pleasure of sending to Dr. Smith yesterday were , I hope , mode- rately worthy of a place in an herbarium ; but the first was so little so , that I was quite unwilling to send it . The evening coach yesterday brought me your packet ...
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... pleasure . Lichens will be treasures ; and Grasses , -Oh ! how I long to understand them well ; -the Agrostis tribe , & c . My paper is full , and I have not done ; but I cannot say on paper all I would say ; I must not take up too much ...
... pleasure . Lichens will be treasures ; and Grasses , -Oh ! how I long to understand them well ; -the Agrostis tribe , & c . My paper is full , and I have not done ; but I cannot say on paper all I would say ; I must not take up too much ...
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... pleasure your letters give me , the readiness with which I sit down to write to you rather than to any other per- son , that she longs to see you as my best friend . She desires her compliments , and invites as cordially as myself . you ...
... pleasure your letters give me , the readiness with which I sit down to write to you rather than to any other per- son , that she longs to see you as my best friend . She desires her compliments , and invites as cordially as myself . you ...
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... pleasure I can know . I am dissatisfied in not having in my power the hundredth part of what I could wish to do . It is curious that Wyttenbach should have given you Stellaria cerastoides for Ce- rastium alpinum . He sent it to me by ...
... pleasure I can know . I am dissatisfied in not having in my power the hundredth part of what I could wish to do . It is curious that Wyttenbach should have given you Stellaria cerastoides for Ce- rastium alpinum . He sent it to me by ...
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affectionate affinity anthers appears beautiful believe Bernard de Jussieu botanists botany called calyx capsule cells character corolla cotyledons Davall Dawson Turner dear Friend dear Sir delightful dicotyledonous distinct distinguished England excellent favour feel Flora florets flowers French fructification fruit garden genera genus germen Giseke give happy herbarium honour hope ideas j'ai JAMES EDWARD SMITH Jussieu kind knowledge labours Lady Smith late learned leaves lectures less letter Linnæan Linnæan Society Linnæus London mentioned mind monocotyledonous næus natural order nectary Nelumbo never Norwich Nymphæa obliged observed perfect perhaps petals pistils Plantarum plants pleasure present principles pursuits racter respect roots Roscoe Roscoea scarcely seeds sincerely Sir J. E. Smith Sir James Sir Thomas Frankland spatha species specimens stamens stem stipulas taste thing tion Tournefort tribe umbel wish write
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