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Descriptive guide to the grounds, buildings and collections
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washing, and passes into commerce under the name of sago
starch.
Opposite the entrance to the court in this house, is a…
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America and the West Indies, and some from northern South
America. Bananas will grow in southern Florida, but the
rocky…
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best for ornamental purposes. It was discovered in i860 on
the famous Japanese mountain, Fuji-yama, by Mr. Veitch, for…
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The space allotted to the pines (Pinus) embraces the region
to the eastward of the spruces and public conservatories, ex…
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The yew family (Taxaceae) is represented by two genera.
Of the true yews (Taxus), there are : the American yew, or…
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ing sorts. The Chinese juniper, and its striking form, of col-
umnar habit, known as variety fy ramtdalis, are each…
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are: the common blue flag of our swamps, the yellow flag
of Europe, the German iris, the Siberian iris, the Japanese…
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young shoots are sometimes used as a vegetable. Closely
related to this, and just south of it, is the amaranth family,…
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member of this family and a native of North America. The
tanks in the court of the public conservatories contain a great…
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stonecrop family, where there will be found many of the
stonecrops (Sedum), among the more showy and attractive
being…
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tropics ; the Illinois acuan is one of the plants representing
this family here, and many others will be found in the…
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this is sometimes known as creeping Charlie ; the fringed
loosestrife, from North America, is also here, as is the…
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illustrating the plum family, to which belong the plums,
cherries, apricots, and peaches. As many of the species of…
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together with other woody members of this family. The
tanners'-tree family comes next with a single representative…
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chestnuts are trees, and are grown in the arboretum. Fol-
lowing this is the soapberr)^family, with the soapberry, from…
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of Europe, the berries of which are acrid and poisonous ; the
berries of several of the species of oleaster are edible…
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ber of the privets, including the California privet so much
used for hedges ; a variety of lilacs (Syrtnga), including…
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lies) as a collection apart, many species grown here not being
represented in the arboretum and fruticetum. Immediately…
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upright habit, and more graceful than the cottonvvood or
Carolina poplar; the American aspen, a native of northern…
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sides of the road leading to the Lorillard mansion. The oaks,
the chestnuts, and the beeches belong here.
The oaks
(…
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the Bronx River. The magnolia family will be found
mainly in the swale lying between the two ridges, with a
few…
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to the north of the sumac, family, are the maple and buckeye
families.
The maples (Acer) are represented by a number…
The natural history of dogs : Canidae or genus Canis of authors ; including also the genera Hyaena and Proteles / by Lieut. Col…
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MEMOIR OF PALLAS.
crossed the Altaisk mountains, followed the course
of the Irtish as far as Kolivan, where he inspected…
MEMOIR OF PALLAS.
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Retracing his steps, after having passed a second
winter at Krasnoyarsk, our traveller returned in…
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MEMOIR OF PALLAS.
stop to those most important publications, when
the new government has no immediate interest in
them…
MEMOIR OF PALLAS.
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lastly, limestone strata the most external. " It may
be stated," says Ciivier, &…
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MEMOIR OF PALLAS.
the world has ever seen. China, Ixidia, Persia, and
the whole of Tartary, were necessarily subjected to…
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INTRODUCTION.
the first division of his arrangement, where he refers
to the wolf; and thus far left the argument of…
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INTRODUCTION.
tion.*
Writers more imbued with the spirit of
system than with the phenomena they have to
investigate and…
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INTRODUCTION.
they be without a known prototype, we might form
a system as philosophically admissible as our present…
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INTRODUCTION.
see how or why a difficulty should be overcome,
which in itself seems to lie more in the maxims of
a…
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THE CANINE FAMILY
and races that have since been nearly or entirely
extirpated.
This opinion is strengthened hy the…
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SUB-GENUS I. CHAON.
SECTION I. LUPUS.
THE WOLVES.
Lupus, Linn.—Sub-genus Chaon, Ham. Smith.
The typical wolf of Europe…
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THE WOLVES.
pearing, in Europe at least, that wolves by no
means pair every autumn.
The malevolent sagacity, fearful…
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THE WOLVES.
Asia, we are still insufficiently acquainted with
several that are known to exist, to pronounce with…
THE COMMON WOLF.
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In colour, the head, face, neck, and back is light
grey ; the hair being a mixture of sandy and ash
on…
THE AMERICAN WOLVES.
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fore-wrists is present.
The grey about the eyes
and face, in old individuals, is likewise similar…
THE LYCISCAN DOGS.
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in our present state of knowledge concerning tliem,
being no more than to place their names in one…
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SECTION III. CHRYSEUS.
THE RED DOGS.
The second group of wild dogs belongs to the old
continent, and at present is…
THE RED DOGS.
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the west, a wild S2")eclcs still larger than the red,
which had so much whit6 that the brown and…
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THE NEW HOLLAND DINGO.
mestic dogs they seize without hesitation : yet these
facts, excepting the first, relate to…
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CHRYSEUS JAVANICUS.
Canis Javaniciis, Desm.
Probably the Asuwawa of Raffles. This species
was first brought to Europe…
WILD DOG OF XATOLIA.
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the hair, forming a broad streak, stood up crisped.
This appearance may be accidental, although a…
THE JACKALS.
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and for the same reason we apply it to the present
form of minor gregarious canines."" By…
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THE JACKALS.
prophets.
Though it is thus overlooked, or con-
founded with the Deeh (the wolf) in the Hebrew
and…
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THE JACKALS.
upon grapes. They congregate in great number!?,
sometimes as many as 200 being found together
and they…
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CORSAC DOG-FOX.
Cynalopex corsac.
PLATE XVI.
We think Avitli Monsieur Desmarcts, that this
species should be placed…
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THE AGUARA WOLVES.
are more those of jackals than of foxes, but their
activity does not cease with daylight; they retire…