The First Book of Botany: Designed to Cultivate the Observing Powers of ChildrenD. Appleton, 1872 - 202 páginas |
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... easily ; that this deficiency might be easily remedied . Q. What are your ideas on the subject ? A. My own ideas are chiefly drawn from the experience of my father - in - law , the late Prof. Henslow , Professor of Botany at Cambridge ...
... easily ; that this deficiency might be easily remedied . Q. What are your ideas on the subject ? A. My own ideas are chiefly drawn from the experience of my father - in - law , the late Prof. Henslow , Professor of Botany at Cambridge ...
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... easily procured . The aim of the first exercise is to teach the parts of a leaf and their names . It is likely that the first gathering of leaves will be done carelessly , and that , EXERCISE II . The Parts of a Grass - Leaf 16 THE ...
... easily procured . The aim of the first exercise is to teach the parts of a leaf and their names . It is likely that the first gathering of leaves will be done carelessly , and that , EXERCISE II . The Parts of a Grass - Leaf 16 THE ...
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... the base and apex so easily described as is Fig . 53 , in the schedule . If they give you trouble , you may omit the questions , Base ? and Apex ? EXERCISE X. Forms of Sinuses . The SI'NUS of a 34 THE FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY .
... the base and apex so easily described as is Fig . 53 , in the schedule . If they give you trouble , you may omit the questions , Base ? and Apex ? EXERCISE X. Forms of Sinuses . The SI'NUS of a 34 THE FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY .
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... easily given , but it would be a departure from our essential plan . The work before us - the observation of the external characters of plants - is itself extensive , and it can only be well done by making it at first our sole ...
... easily given , but it would be a departure from our essential plan . The work before us - the observation of the external characters of plants - is itself extensive , and it can only be well done by making it at first our sole ...
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... easily have been filled with interesting reading matter about plants , but that would have opened the door to lesson - learning and reciting , which is a thing we special- ly wish to prevent . EXERCISE XII . Shapes of Leaves . COMPARE ...
... easily have been filled with interesting reading matter about plants , but that would have opened the door to lesson - learning and reciting , which is a thing we special- ly wish to prevent . EXERCISE XII . Shapes of Leaves . COMPARE ...
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