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... kind of editor whom they should em- ploy on this work . It is evident that his determination to establish the truth was the paramount prin- ciple of his proceeding . " - Monthly Review . THE MORAL of FLOWERS . With 24 beautifully ...
... kind of editor whom they should em- ploy on this work . It is evident that his determination to establish the truth was the paramount prin- ciple of his proceeding . " - Monthly Review . THE MORAL of FLOWERS . With 24 beautifully ...
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... kind which we have seen . " - Mon . Rev. SELECTIONS from the EDINBURGH REVIEW ; comprising the best Articles in that Journal , from its commencement to the present time : consisting of Characters of Eminent Poets , Painters , Divines ...
... kind which we have seen . " - Mon . Rev. SELECTIONS from the EDINBURGH REVIEW ; comprising the best Articles in that Journal , from its commencement to the present time : consisting of Characters of Eminent Poets , Painters , Divines ...
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... kind in our language : it is so con- structed as to be a complete Table of Reference to the whole work , while it forms an extensive and useful GAZETTEER . " The translators of M. Malte Brun's Geography have done great service to the ...
... kind in our language : it is so con- structed as to be a complete Table of Reference to the whole work , while it forms an extensive and useful GAZETTEER . " The translators of M. Malte Brun's Geography have done great service to the ...
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... kind of analysis . The " Nixus Plantarum " was written with the view of putting to the test the possibility of executing such a plan , and it has been extremely satisfactory to me to find that this work also , although in many respects ...
... kind of analysis . The " Nixus Plantarum " was written with the view of putting to the test the possibility of executing such a plan , and it has been extremely satisfactory to me to find that this work also , although in many respects ...
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... kind of nomenclature , and expressing the value of the names of the classes , orders , & c . , in all cases , by the manner of their termination . Let me add in conclusion , that no student ought to con- ceive himself sufficiently ...
... kind of nomenclature , and expressing the value of the names of the classes , orders , & c . , in all cases , by the manner of their termination . Let me add in conclusion , that no student ought to con- ceive himself sufficiently ...
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3d Edit abortive absent Acrid Acrogens affinities albumen Alliance Anthers apex Apocarpous Aromatic arranged Astringent axils axis bark base botanists Botany bracts buds called calyx carpels Carpels solitary cells cellular tissue characters cloth coloured concentric layers connected consists corolla cotyledons dehiscence developed Dicotyledonous dissepiments Ditto elongation embryo Endogens Engravings Epigynosæ epigynous Estivation Exogenous plants Fcap floral envelopes flower-buds Flowers unisexual formed Fruit eatable genera germination Gymnospermæ hilum HISTORY hypogynous imbricated indehiscent indusium inflorescence integument involucre lamina latter leaf leaf-buds leaves Maps margins medullary system membranous MEMOIRS Menispermaceæ modifications monopetalous natural nucleus one-celled operculum organs ovary ovule oxygen parietal pedicel peduncle pericarp petals petiole pistil pith Pittosporales placenta Plates Polyandrous polypetalous radicle Rhizantheæ root Seeds sepals separate sometimes spiral vessels Stamens Stamens distinct stem stigma stipules stomates style SUBCLASS succulent sup.-roy Syncarpous Thecæ tonic Tubiferosæ vascular vascular tissue veins vesicles Vols whorl wood woody tissue
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