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... kind proofs of your friendship . " It was just at the epoch of the death of my father that I began to have some vague notion of botany ; that I perceived it was possible to acquire some knowledge of that enchanting study , by means of ...
... kind proofs of your friendship . " It was just at the epoch of the death of my father that I began to have some vague notion of botany ; that I perceived it was possible to acquire some knowledge of that enchanting study , by means of ...
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... kind present of excellent dried fruit and biscuits ; the latter are , I perceive , recovering their peculiar taste and good quality— which I will now venture to say were quite gone . Those cruel times of real or pretended scarcity ...
... kind present of excellent dried fruit and biscuits ; the latter are , I perceive , recovering their peculiar taste and good quality— which I will now venture to say were quite gone . Those cruel times of real or pretended scarcity ...
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... kind letter . If I may conclude from the inexpressible satisfac- tion and delight I experience at the sight of a letter from you , from the portion of my thoughts which you occupy , from the anxiety concerning your health , you are of ...
... kind letter . If I may conclude from the inexpressible satisfac- tion and delight I experience at the sight of a letter from you , from the portion of my thoughts which you occupy , from the anxiety concerning your health , you are of ...
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... kind as to send for Wyttenbach , the diplomas , & c . , but had sent the more interesting packet the roundabout road with his merchandise . I delivered Van Ber- chem's diploma to him as I passed , at his house , on my way to the Great ...
... kind as to send for Wyttenbach , the diplomas , & c . , but had sent the more interesting packet the roundabout road with his merchandise . I delivered Van Ber- chem's diploma to him as I passed , at his house , on my way to the Great ...
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... were almost neces- sary , entre nous , to persuade her Aralia to bear some new kind of flower . But to be serious , - has she been in town ? Pray when you see her present my compliments . Nothing can be more unpleasant than 18.
... were almost neces- sary , entre nous , to persuade her Aralia to bear some new kind of flower . But to be serious , - has she been in town ? Pray when you see her present my compliments . Nothing can be more unpleasant than 18.
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acquainted affectionate affinity anthers appears beautiful believe Bernard de Jussieu botanist CALDWELL called calyx capsule character corolla cotyledons Davall Dawson Turner dear Friend dear Sir delightful dicotyledonous distinct Dublin England English Botany excellent favour feel Flora florets flowers French fructification fruit garden genera genus germen Giseke give happy herbarium honour hope ideas JAMES EDWARD SMITH Jussieu kind labours Lady Smith late learned leaves lectures less letter Linnæan Society Linnæus London Lord mentioned mind monocotyledonous mountains næus natural order Nelumbo never Norwich Nymphæa obliged observed perfect perhaps petals pistils Plantarum plants pleasure Port Patrick present principles racter respect roots Roscoe Roscoea scarcely seeds sent sincerely Sir J. E. Smith Sir James spatha species specimens stamens stem stipulas strobilus taste thing tion Tournefort tribe umbel wish write
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