 But on looking closely between the stems of the heath, I found a multitude of seedlings and little trees which had been perpetually browsed down by the cattle. In one square yard, at a point some...  Life of Charles Darwin - Página 83por George Thomas Bettany - 1887 - 175 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1866 - 808 páginas
...of the unenclosed heath, and, literally, I could not see a single Scotch fir, except the old planted clumps. But on looking closely between the stems of the heath, I found multitudes of seedlings and little trees, which had been perpetually browsed down by the cattle. In... | |
 | Charles Richard Weld - 1860 - 468 páginas
...heaths have been enclosed, self-sown firs spring up in multitudes." In one square yard, he says, " I counted thirty-two little trees ; and one of them, judging from the rings of growth, had during twenty- six years tried to raise its head above the stems of the heath, and had failed."* It had been... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1861 - 470 páginas
...of the unenclosed heath, and literally I could not see a single Scotch fir, except the old planted clumps. But on looking closely between the stems of...counted thirtytwo little trees ; and one of them, with twenty-six rings of growth, had during many years tried to raise its head above the stems of the... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1864 - 472 páginas
...of the unenclosed heath, and literally I could not see a single Scotch fir, except the old planted clumps. But on looking closely between the stems of...counted thirtytwo little trees ; and one of them, with twenty-six rings of growth, had during many years tried to raise its head above the stems of the... | |
 | Robert Bird - 1870 - 262 páginas
...of the unenclosed heath, and literally I could not see a single Scotch fir, except the old planted clumps. But on looking closely between the stems of...the old clumps I counted thirtytwo little trees." Cattle excluded from the heath, it gradually becomes a wood, and, as such, very materially affects... | |
 | 1876 - 444 páginas
...of the unenclosed heath, and literally I could not " see a single Scotch fir, except the old planted clumps. But " on looking closely between the stems...counted thirty-two little trees ; and one of them, "with twenty-six rings of growth, had during many years tried " to raise its head above the stems of... | |
 | Edward Step - 1881 - 284 páginas
...of the unenclosed heath, and literally I could not see a single Scotch Fir, except the old planted clumps. But on looking closely between the stems of...counted thirty-two little trees; and one of them, with twenty-six rings of growth, had, during many years, tried to raise its head above the stems of... | |
 | Edward Step - 1881 - 270 páginas
...of the unenclosed heath, and literally I could not see a single Scotch Fir, except the old planted clumps. But on looking closely between the stems of...had been perpetually browsed down by the cattle. In oue square yard, at a point some hundred yards distant from one of the old clumps, I counted thirty-two... | |
 | 1881 - 408 páginas
...self-sown firs in hosts too many to live. " On looking closely between the stems of the heath," he says, " I found a multitude of seedlings and little trees...perpetually browsed down by the cattle. In one square yard I counted thirty-two little trees ; and one of them, with twenty-six rings of growth, had, during many... | |
 | 1883 - 756 páginas
...of the unenclosed heath, and literally I could not see a single " Scotch fir, except the old planted clumps. But on looking closely " between the stems...little trees which had been perpetually browsed down by cattle. " In one square yard, at a point some hundred yards distant from one " of the old clumps, I... | |
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