The Standard American Encyclopedia of Arts, Sciences, History, Biography, Geography, Statistics, and General Knowledge, Volume 1John Clark Ridpath Encyclopedia publishing Company, 1897 |
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... leaves , and both by the upper and under surface of the leaf ; in some plants by both surfaces indifferently , in others much more powerfully by the one surface or the other . But plants principally depend upon their roots for ...
... leaves , and both by the upper and under surface of the leaf ; in some plants by both surfaces indifferently , in others much more powerfully by the one surface or the other . But plants principally depend upon their roots for ...
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... leaves have led to their artistic application in architecture , etc. A capella , or A la capella , in Mus . See FOREIGN PHRASES in the APPENDIX . Acapulco , the best harbor of Mexico , on the Pacific , and a place of considerable ...
... leaves have led to their artistic application in architecture , etc. A capella , or A la capella , in Mus . See FOREIGN PHRASES in the APPENDIX . Acapulco , the best harbor of Mexico , on the Pacific , and a place of considerable ...
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... leaves bipinnate , the pinnæ deeply divided , the segments narrow and crowded . It has white or rose - colored flowers . Achilles , the hero of Homer's Iliad , was the son of King Peleus and Thetis , a sea - goddess belonging to a line ...
... leaves bipinnate , the pinnæ deeply divided , the segments narrow and crowded . It has white or rose - colored flowers . Achilles , the hero of Homer's Iliad , was the son of King Peleus and Thetis , a sea - goddess belonging to a line ...
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... leaves and by elongation at the summit . In a transverse section of the stem a circle of vas- cular tissue is found near the circumference , and the center is composed of cellular tissue , some portion of which fre- quently disappears ...
... leaves and by elongation at the summit . In a transverse section of the stem a circle of vas- cular tissue is found near the circumference , and the center is composed of cellular tissue , some portion of which fre- quently disappears ...
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... leaves , and the flowers in panicles . It is found from the S. of India to the base of the Himalaya Mountains . The fruit is delicious , fragrant , and nutritious . In an imperfectly ripened state it is an astringent of great effect in ...
... leaves , and the flowers in panicles . It is found from the S. of India to the base of the Himalaya Mountains . The fruit is delicious , fragrant , and nutritious . In an imperfectly ripened state it is an astringent of great effect in ...
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