 Trees of coral are well known ; and although not emulating in size the oaks of our forests, — for they do not exceed six or eight feet in height, — they are gracefully branched, and the whole surface blooms with coral polyps in place of leaves and...  American Journal of Science and Arts - Page 1691851Full view - About this book
 | Industrial arts - 1852 - 446 pages
...Expedition. FORMS OP ACTINOID ZOOPHYTES. ZOOPHYTES imitate nearly every variety of vegetation. Trees of coval are well known ; and although not emulating in size...polyps in place of leaves and flowers. Shrubbery, tufts of rushes, beds of pinks, and feathery mosses, are most exactly imitated. Many species spread... | |
 | Science - 1852 - 386 pages
...belonged to a separate polyp, and the star was formed as here explained. It would lead to a too long digression from the main topic before us, to explain...polyps in place of leaves and flowers. Shrubbery, tufts of rushes, beds of pinks, and feathery mosses, are most exactly imitated. Many species spread... | |
 | Science - 1852 - 422 pages
...belonged to a separate polyp, and the star was formed as here explained. It would lead to a too long digression from the main topic before us, to explain...polyps in place of leaves and flowers. Shrubbery, tufts of rushes, beds of pinks, and feathery mosses, are most exactly imitated. Many species spread... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1852 - 450 pages
...Prof. Jos. D. Dana, Geology of the US Exploring Expedition. IORM8 OF ACTINOID ZOOFHYTES. ZOOFHYTES imitate nearly every variety of vegetation. Trees...polyps in place of leaves and flowers. Shrubbery, tufts of rushes, beds of pinks, and feathery mosses, are most exactly imitated. Many species spread... | |
 | Arts - 1852 - 436 pages
...description of a sight so novel and beautiful, that it realises the glowing scenes of fairy tales : — " Zoophytes imitate nearly every variety of vegetation....branched, and the whole surface blooms with coral polypes in place of leaves and flowers. Shrubbery, tufts of rushes, beds of pinks and feathery mosses,... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1852 - 460 pages
...polyp. — Prof. Jos. D. Dana, Geology of the US Exploring Expedition. FORMS OF ACTINOID ZOOFHYTES. ZOOPHYTES imitate nearly every variety of vegetation....branched, and the whole surface blooms with coral a' ps in place of leaves and flowers. Shrubbery, tufts of rushes, i of pinks, and feathery mosses,... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - Coral reefs and islands - 1853 - 152 pages
...and to a single point in their mode of growth, upon which much of their importance in reef- making depends. d. Forms of Actinoid Zoophytes.— Zoophytes...polyps in place of leaves and flowers. Shrubbery, tufts of rushes, beds of pinks, and feathery mosses, are most exactly imitated. Many species spread... | |
 | Joseph Reay Greene - Cnidaria - 1861 - 296 pages
...the Corals of the Pacific, thus endeavours to describe some of their general diversities of form: " Trees of coral are well known ; and although not emulating...polyps in place of leaves and flowers. Shrubbery, tufts of rushes, beds of pinks, and feathery mosses, are most exactly imitated. Many species spread... | |
 | Joseph Reay Greene - Cnidaria - 1861 - 314 pages
...the Corals of the Pacific, thus endeavours to describe some of their general diversities of form : " Trees of coral are well known ; and although not emulating...polyps in place of leaves and flowers. Shrubbery, tufts of rushes, beds of pinks, and feathery mosses, are most exactly imitated. Many species spread... | |
 | Edwin Lankester - 1864 - 1052 pages
...the following glowing description of their variety in the Pacific : — "Trees of coral," he says, " are well known, and although not emulating in size...feet in height — they are gracefully branched, and their whole surface blooms with coral polyps in place of leaves and flowers. Shrubbery, tufts of rushes,... | |
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