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Descriptive guide to the grounds, buildings and collections
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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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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…
96 INTRODUGTION.
tion.* Writers more imbued with the spirit of
system than with the phenomena they have to
investigate and…
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 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…
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CHRYSEUS JAVANICUS,
Cnis Javanicus, DESY.
PropanLy the Asuwawa of Raffles. This species
« was first brought to Europe…