The Variation of animals and plants under domestication v. 2, Volumul 2Appleton, 1876 |
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... FOWLS , HORNLESS CATTLE AND SHEEP , IN CULTIVATED PLANTS - REVERSION IN FERAL ANIMALS AND PLANTS - REVERSION IN CROSSED VARIETIES AND SPECIES - REVERSION THROUGH BUD- PROPAGATION , AND BY SEGMENTS IN THE SAME FLOWER OR FRUIT -IN ...
... FOWLS , HORNLESS CATTLE AND SHEEP , IN CULTIVATED PLANTS - REVERSION IN FERAL ANIMALS AND PLANTS - REVERSION IN CROSSED VARIETIES AND SPECIES - REVERSION THROUGH BUD- PROPAGATION , AND BY SEGMENTS IN THE SAME FLOWER OR FRUIT -IN ...
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... FOWLS - PIGEONS - -HIVE - BEES- PLANTS , GENERAL CONSIDERA- TIONS ON THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM CROSSING - MELONS , FRUIT- TREES , PEAS , CABBAGES , WHEAT , AND FOREST - TREES - ON THE INCREASED SIZE OF HYBRID PLANTS , NOT EXCLUSIVELY ...
... FOWLS - PIGEONS - -HIVE - BEES- PLANTS , GENERAL CONSIDERA- TIONS ON THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM CROSSING - MELONS , FRUIT- TREES , PEAS , CABBAGES , WHEAT , AND FOREST - TREES - ON THE INCREASED SIZE OF HYBRID PLANTS , NOT EXCLUSIVELY ...
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... fowls , which were reckoned so good that they won a prize at an exhibition , " in a consider- able number of instances were furnished with fully developed tail - feathers . " On inquiry , the original breeder of these fowls stated that ...
... fowls , which were reckoned so good that they won a prize at an exhibition , " in a consider- able number of instances were furnished with fully developed tail - feathers . " On inquiry , the original breeder of these fowls stated that ...
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... fowls , it is not known what variety was first turned out , nor what character the feral birds have assumed . The guinea - fowl in the West Indies , when feral , seems to vary more than in the domesticated state . With respect to plants ...
... fowls , it is not known what variety was first turned out , nor what character the feral birds have assumed . The guinea - fowl in the West Indies , when feral , seems to vary more than in the domesticated state . With respect to plants ...
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... fowls showing a strong likeness to the Malay breed , and was told by Mr. Tollet that he had forty years before crossed his birds with Malays ; and that , though he had at first attempted to get rid of this strain , he had subsequently ...
... fowls showing a strong likeness to the Malay breed , and was told by Mr. Tollet that he had forty years before crossed his birds with Malays ; and that , though he had at first attempted to get rid of this strain , he had subsequently ...
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