Notes of a Naturalist in South AmericaK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 416 pagini |
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Pagina xi
... Flora of the Temperate zone of the Andes - Excursion to the higher region — Climate of the Cordillera — Remarks on the Andean flora - Return to Lima - Visit to a sugar - plantation -Condition of Peru - Prospect of anarchy ... CHAPTER ...
... Flora of the Temperate zone of the Andes - Excursion to the higher region — Climate of the Cordillera — Remarks on the Andean flora - Return to Lima - Visit to a sugar - plantation -Condition of Peru - Prospect of anarchy ... CHAPTER ...
Pagina xii
... flora - Patagonians and Fuegians - Habits of the South American ostrich - Waiting for the steamer - Departure - Climate of the Straits and of the southern hemisphere - Voyage to Monte Video - Saturnalia of children - City of Monte Video ...
... flora - Patagonians and Fuegians - Habits of the South American ostrich - Waiting for the steamer - Departure - Climate of the Straits and of the southern hemisphere - Voyage to Monte Video - Saturnalia of children - City of Monte Video ...
Pagina 10
... flora ; but the beauty of the trees and the rich hues of their foliage quite surpassed my anticipations . The majority of these are plants intro- duced either from the larger islands or from more distant tropical countries , that have ...
... flora ; but the beauty of the trees and the rich hues of their foliage quite surpassed my anticipations . The majority of these are plants intro- duced either from the larger islands or from more distant tropical countries , that have ...
Pagina 25
... flora of Equatorial America . Many forms hitherto seen only in herbaria or hot - houses - several Melastomacea , Heliconia , Costus , and the like - were hastily gathered ; but the summons to return to the train speedily calmed the ...
... flora of Equatorial America . Many forms hitherto seen only in herbaria or hot - houses - several Melastomacea , Heliconia , Costus , and the like - were hastily gathered ; but the summons to return to the train speedily calmed the ...
Pagina 34
... flora of tropical South America is that between the regions lying east and west of the Andes . It would be the ... flora of a special district when so large a proportion of the * For a list of the plants collected here , see a paper in ...
... flora of tropical South America is that between the regions lying east and west of the Andes . It would be the ... flora of a special district when so large a proportion of the * For a list of the plants collected here , see a paper in ...
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