The Phytologist; a Popular Botanical Miscellany
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781153879477
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851. Excerpt: ... lets are sometimes so crowded near the top of the rachis as to give the spike somewhat of a compound appearance. I have found a small patch of the plant in this neighbourhood covering two or three square feet of ground. It grows close to a footpath, and the constant trampling on the ground may have affected the growth of the plant, and caused it to sport. Occurrence of Anacharis Alsinastrum at Cambridge.--I may mention, for the information of your readers, that I found Anacharis Alsinastrum, Bab., last Thursday at Cambridge, in a ditch near the railway-station, and adjoining the road to the Fitzwilliam Museum. This plant now occupies a much larger portion of the river here (the Trent) than when first noticed, about eighteeen months back; in fact, it bids fair, in a very short time, to block up one of the two streams into which the Trent here divides. As regards the Cambridge locality for this plant, it may be desirable to inquire whether it has been introduced by any of the botanists of that neighbourhood. Burton-on-Trent, July 26, 1851. W. M. Hind., Botanical Society of Edinburgh. Thursday, July 10, 1851.--Professor Dickie was elected Local Secretary for Belfast; Professor Hincks, for Cork; and Professor Melville, for Galway. The following donations were announced: --, ' De la Teratologic Vegetale, par Charles Martins, ' from the Author; 'Observations snr let Floraison de quelques Plantes cultivees faites a Moscou, par N. Anneukow, ' from the Author; 'Flora of Liverpool, ' from the Author; British plants from Mr. G. Lawson. Dr. Balfour exhibited a specimen of a species of Polyporus from America, which had been presented to the museum at the Garden by Dr. Knapp; bark of Quillaia saponaria from Guyana, presented by Professor Traill; and specimens of Sphaeria po...
| ISBN-13 | 9781153879477 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153879476 |
| Weight | 0.99 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.68 In |
| List Price | $24.39 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 302 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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