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Page 132
... woods to give character to our autumnal landscapes . It would be difficult to convey to the mind of a person who had never witness- ed this brilliant , but solemn pageantry of the dying year , a clear idea of its mag- nificence ...
... woods to give character to our autumnal landscapes . It would be difficult to convey to the mind of a person who had never witness- ed this brilliant , but solemn pageantry of the dying year , a clear idea of its mag- nificence ...
Page 134
neous growth . We have genuine forests ; but other forms of wood are of a mixed character , and we have rather fragments of forest than legitimate groves . In the South of Europe many of the woods are mere plantations , in which the ...
neous growth . We have genuine forests ; but other forms of wood are of a mixed character , and we have rather fragments of forest than legitimate groves . In the South of Europe many of the woods are mere plantations , in which the ...
Page 136
... woods are of the latter description , differ- ing in this respect from deciduous woods . These differences are most apparent in large assemblages of wood , which have a flora as well as a fauna of their own . The same shrubs and ...
... woods are of the latter description , differ- ing in this respect from deciduous woods . These differences are most apparent in large assemblages of wood , which have a flora as well as a fauna of their own . The same shrubs and ...
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