 | 1856 - 594 ページ
...substantial than gossamer and flexile as a feather, still possess a tenacity and wiriness which allows the delicate leaf to be raised by the hand to the surface of the water without injury." Mr. Ellis preserved his plant for more than a year, at Mauritius, before he returned home. As it grows... | |
 | 1856 - 626 ページ
...substantial than gossamer and flexile as a feather, still possess a tenacity and wiriness which allows the delicate leaf to be raised by the hand to the surface of the water without injury." Mr. Ellis preserved his plant for more than a year, at Mauritius, before he returned home. As it grows... | |
 | William Ellis - 1858 - 534 ページ
...when cooked, yielding a farinaceous substance resembling the yam. Hence its native name, auvvr<mdrano, literally, yam of the water, — ouvi in the Malagasy...to M. Bojer, and to Mr. Duncan, the director of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Pamplemouses. At the Cape of Good Hope Mr. McGibbon kindly took charge of... | |
 | William Ellis - 1859 - 552 ページ
...substance resembling the yam. Hence its native name, mivirandrano, literally, yam of the water,—ouvi in the Malagasy and Polynesian languages signifying...to M. Bojer, and to Mr. Duncan, the director of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Pamplemouses. At the Cape of Good Hope Mr. M c Gibbon kindly took charge... | |
 | 1859 - 532 ページ
...within that circle presenting leaves in every stage of development, both as to color and size. NOT is it the least curious to notice that these slender...hand to the surface of the water without injury." ' It is interesting to learn that this wonder of the vegetable creation has been safely conveyed to... | |
 | 1865 - 654 ページ
...presenting leaves in every stage of development, both ns to colour and size. Nor is it the least carious to notice that these slender and fragile structures,...hand to the surface of the water without injury." No natural order of plants has created or continues to create a greater degree of interest amongst... | |
 | 1866 - 900 ページ
...transparent water within that circle presenting leaves in every stage of development, both as to color and size. Nor is it the least curious to notice that...hand to the surface of the water without injury." No natural order of plants has created or continues to create a greater degree of interest amongst... | |
 | William Felkin - 1867 - 648 ページ
...substantial than gossamer and flexible as a feather, still possess a tenacity and wiryness, which allows the delicate leaf to be raised by the hand to the surface without injury." Natural objects of such graceful forms as those here described, and which abound in... | |
 | 1860 - 708 ページ
...more substantial than the gossamer, and flexible as a feather, still possesses a tenacity and wiriue which allow the delicate leaf to be raised by the hand to the surface of the water without injury." CLEMATIS VITICELLA v. VENOSA, is a hard} hardy, Spring flowering shrub. The long slender climbing,... | |
 | 1860 - 482 ページ
...structures, apparently not more substantial than the gossamer, and flexible us a fcitther, still possesses a tenacity and wiriness which allow the delicate leaf to be raised by the hand to tho surface of the water without injury." PRUNES TRITOBA. — This is a beautiful dwarf, hardy, Spring... | |
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... leaves forming the limit of a circle two or three feet in diameter, and in the transparent water within that circle presenting leaves in every stage of development, both as to colour and size. Nor is it the least curious to notice that these slender... 
