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Descriptive guide to the grounds, buildings and collections
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America and the West Indies, and some from northern South
Americ: Bananas will grow in southern Florida, but the
rocky…
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best for ornamental purposes. It was discovered in 1860 on
the famous Japanese mountain, Fuji-yama, by Mr. Veitch, for…
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The space allotted to the pines (Przus) 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 ( Zawxus), 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 pyramidalis, are each…
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are: the common blue flag of our swamps, the yellow flag
of Eurcpe, 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 (Seduz), 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 Churlie; 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,
the…
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chestnuts are trees, and are grown in the arboretum. Fol-
lowing this is the soapberry family, with the soapberry, from…
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ber of the privets, including the California privet so much
used for hedges; a variely of lilacs (:Syrdnga), including…
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lus) 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 cottonwaod 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 DBronx 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
of…
The natural history of dogs : Canidae or genus Canis of authors ; including also the genera Hyaena and Proteles / by Lieut. Col…
38 MEMOIR OF PALLAS.
crossed the Altaisk mountains, followed the course
of the Irtish as far as Kolivan, where he inspected…
MEMOIR OF PALLAS. 39
Retracing his steps, after having passed a second
winter at Krasnoyarsk, our traveller returned in
1770…
54 MEMOIR OF PALLAS,
stop to those most important publications, when
the new government has no immediate interest in
them.…
80 INTRODUCTION.
the fivst division of his arrangement, where he refers
to the wolf; and thus far left the argument of…
96 INTRODUGTION.
tion.* Writers more imbued with the spirit of
system than with the phenomena they have to
investigate and…
108 INTRODUCTION.
sce how or why a difficulty should be overcome,
which in itsclf seems to lic more in the maxims of
a…
126 THE CANINE FAMILY
and races that have since been nearly or entirely
extirpated.
This opinion is strengthened by the fact…
SUB-GENUS I. CHAON.
SECTION I. LUPUS.
THE WOLVES.
Lupus, Linn.—Sub-genus Chaon, Ifam. Smith.
Tug typical wolf of Europe and…
142 THE WOLVES.
pearing, in Europe at least, that wolves by no
means pair every autumnn.
The malevolent sagacity, fearful…
THE COMMON WOLF. 149
In colour, the head, face, neck, and back is light
grey; the hair being a mixtare of sandy and ash;
on…
THE AMERICAN WOLVES, 155
fore-wrists is present, The grey about the cyes
and face, in old individuals, is likewise similar;…
TIE LYCISCAN DOGS, 1561
in our present state of knowledge concerning them,
being no more than to place their names in one…
167
SECTION TII. CHRYSEUS.
THE RED DOGS.
Tue second group of wild dogs belongs to the old
continent, and at present is…
THE RED DOGS, 175
the west, a wild species still larger than the red,
which had so much white that the brown and black…
190 TIIE NEW HIOLLAND DINGO.
mestic dogs they scize without hesitation: yet these
facts, cxceepting the fivst, relate to…
191
CHRYSEUS JAVANICUS,
Cnis Javanicus, DESY.
PropanLy the Asuwawa of Raffles. This species
« was first brought to Europe…
WILD DOG OF NATOLIA, 205
the hair, forming a broad streak, stood up crisped.
This appearance may be accidental, although a…
THE JACKALS. 2074
and for the same reason we apply it to the present
form of minor gregarious canines.” By separating
our…
210 TRE JACKALS,
upon grapes. They congregate in greab numbers,
sometimes as many as 200 being found together ;
and they…
223
CORSAC DOG-FOX,
Cynalopex corsac.
PLATE XVL
Wz think with Monsieur Desmarcts, that this
species should he placed with…
246 THE AGUARA WOLVES.
are more those of jackals than of foxes, but their
aetivity does not ccase with daylight; they retire…