The Encyclopedia Americana: A Universal Reference Library Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., of the World, Volume 3Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines Scientific American Compiling Department, 1903 |
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... genus of about 25 species of American shrubs or perennial herbs of the natural order Rubiacea , natives mostly of tropical Mexico , some of Arizona and Texas . Several horticultural varieties are largely cultivated in greenhouses for ...
... genus of about 25 species of American shrubs or perennial herbs of the natural order Rubiacea , natives mostly of tropical Mexico , some of Arizona and Texas . Several horticultural varieties are largely cultivated in greenhouses for ...
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... genus Chlamydera , form " runs " or avenues about three feet long , formed of a dense platform of sticks fenced in on each side by a hedge of upright twigs , and place near it hundreds of white pebbles , pieces of bleached bone , shells ...
... genus Chlamydera , form " runs " or avenues about three feet long , formed of a dense platform of sticks fenced in on each side by a hedge of upright twigs , and place near it hundreds of white pebbles , pieces of bleached bone , shells ...
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... genus . Bowne , bown , Borden Parker , American philosophical writer : b . Leonardville , N. J. , 14 Jan. 1847. He was religious editor of the New York He Parliament for the Kilmarnock burghs from 1835 to 1837 , and for Bolton from 1841 ...
... genus . Bowne , bown , Borden Parker , American philosophical writer : b . Leonardville , N. J. , 14 Jan. 1847. He was religious editor of the New York He Parliament for the Kilmarnock burghs from 1835 to 1837 , and for Bolton from 1841 ...
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... genus of about 20 species of evergreen shrubs or small trees of the natural order Euphorbiacea , natives of north- ern Africa , southern Europe , Central America , and similar climates in Asia . The species have small opposite leaves ...
... genus of about 20 species of evergreen shrubs or small trees of the natural order Euphorbiacea , natives of north- ern Africa , southern Europe , Central America , and similar climates in Asia . The species have small opposite leaves ...
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... genus differ but slightly from those occurring in the lowest fos- siliferous strata . Between 80 and 90 living species are known , most of them living , except Lingula , which is tropical , in the temperate or arctic seas , while nearly ...
... genus differ but slightly from those occurring in the lowest fos- siliferous strata . Between 80 and 90 living species are known , most of them living , except Lingula , which is tropical , in the temperate or arctic seas , while nearly ...
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