Vegetable Physiology and Systematic BotanyW.S. Orr, 1848 - 607 pages |
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absorbed Algæ amount animal appear arranged atmosphere bark bracts branches buds calyx carbonic acid carpels cells cellular tissue centre character colour common commonly consists contain corolla cotyledons Cryptogamia cultivated cuticle decay degree developed Digynia distinct Endogens exhalation exist Exogens fleshy flower fluid fruit Fungi gallic acid germination germs grow growth heat important influence intumescence juice kind known large number large quantity layers leaf leaflets leafy Lichens Linnæan manner manure matter membrane midrib moisture nature nearly nourishment nutritious obtained ovarium ovary ovules oxygen peculiar perianth petals petiole pistil placenta plants portion possess produced proportion racter regarded resembling roots seed-vessel seeds seen sepals separated similar soil sometimes species spiral stamens starch stem stomata structure style substance sugar supply surface takes place termed tion tree tribe tube usually vegetable veins vessels whilst whole whorl wood woody fibre
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Page 32 - I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures...
Page 32 - At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation, for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its...
Page 483 - A custom loathsome to the Eye, hateful to the Nose, harmful to the Brain, dangerous to the Lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Page 31 - I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season, naked and alone, surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. All these circumstances crowded at once on my recollection, and I confess that my spirits began to fail me.
Page 111 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Page 198 - The leaves, during this period, had expanded to their full size, but were almost white. One forenoon the sun began to shine in full brightness. " The colour of the forest absolutely changed so fast that we could perceive its progress. By the middle of the afternoon the whole of these extensive forests, many miles in length, presented their usual summer dress.
Page 31 - I sat for some time, looking around me with amazement and terror. Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season; naked and alone; surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. All these circumstances crowded at once...
Page 291 - I have now before me," he says, " three plants of Raspberries, which have been raised in the gardens of the Horticultural Society, from seeds taken from the stomach of a man whose skeleton was found thirty feet below the surface of the earth, at the bottom of a burrow which was opened near Dorchester.
Page 526 - ... nourishment, once or twice a year, by digging round the roots. A spot of a little more than a thousand square feet will contain from thirty to forty banana plants. A cluster of bananas, produced on a single plant, often contains from one hundred and sixty to one hundred and eighty fruits, and weighs from seventy to eighty pounds. But reckoning the weight of a cluster only at forty pounds, such a plantation would produce more than four thousand pounds of nutritive...
Page 189 - Daubeny, who has recently shown, that ' in fine weather, a plant, consisting chiefly of leaves and stems, if confined in a capacious vessel, and duly supplied with carbonic acid during sunshine, as fast as it removes it, will go on adding to the proportion of oxygen present, as long as it continues healthy.