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... whole life , as it procured me not only your acquaintance but also your inestimable friendship , which I prefer to every other blessing that Providence could grant me , my ardour became greater than ever ; and for that very reason the ...
... whole life , as it procured me not only your acquaintance but also your inestimable friendship , which I prefer to every other blessing that Providence could grant me , my ardour became greater than ever ; and for that very reason the ...
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... whole of yesterday was " balm to my hurt mind " , as also your inimitable , and ne plus ultra , Icones picta . I must at present , to my great regret , lay aside botany during the rest of this letter , and I shall cer- tainly derive ...
... whole of yesterday was " balm to my hurt mind " , as also your inimitable , and ne plus ultra , Icones picta . I must at present , to my great regret , lay aside botany during the rest of this letter , and I shall cer- tainly derive ...
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... whole country with the most wonderful plants , of which I have already seen about the half part of them figured in Sir Joseph Banks's book ; nevertheless I should already have been tired with this place , from the inconveniences I have ...
... whole country with the most wonderful plants , of which I have already seen about the half part of them figured in Sir Joseph Banks's book ; nevertheless I should already have been tired with this place , from the inconveniences I have ...
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... whole of which amounted to larger collections than I ever had at once in this country before ; but the loss of some of my manuscripts , and particularly my jour- nal , which I had kept from my arrival here to the present time , is ...
... whole of which amounted to larger collections than I ever had at once in this country before ; but the loss of some of my manuscripts , and particularly my jour- nal , which I had kept from my arrival here to the present time , is ...
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... whole plant is much too large for any paper . If you should not be able to give me your com- pany , be so good as to let me know what you think can be best done for the information of the Linnæan Society or yourself ; for it seems ...
... whole plant is much too large for any paper . If you should not be able to give me your com- pany , be so good as to let me know what you think can be best done for the information of the Linnæan Society or yourself ; for it seems ...
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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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