 ... attract the attention and secure the visits of insects ; and thus, just as our gardeners, by selecting seed from the most beautiful varieties, have done so much to adorn our gardens, so have insects, by...  The Canadian Record of Science - Page 2761893Full view - About this book
 | 1907 - 850 pages
...varied flowers of the fields and woods wns a fascinating one. Ixird Avebury has expressed It thus: As our gardeners, by selecting seed from the most...effectually, to the beauty of our woods and fields. A French writer. Theophile Gautler. has ventured on the assertion: "Jamais les arbres verts n'ont essaye... | |
 | 1907 - 848 pages
...varied flowers of the fields and woods was a fascinating one. I/ortl Avebury has expressed it thus: As our gardeners, by selecting seed from the most...varieties, have done so much to adorn our gardens, so have bisects, by fertilizing the largest and most brilliant flowers, contributed unconsciously, but not... | |
 | Royal institution of Great Britain - 1875 - 584 pages
...the most conspicuous, would most attract the attention and secure the visits of insects ; and thus, just as our gardeners, by selecting seed from the...fertilizing the largest and most brilliant flowers, unconsciously, but not less effectually, contributed to the beauty of oar woods and fields. [JL] WEEKLY... | |
 | 1875 - 702 pages
...the most conspicuous, would most attract the attention and secure the visits of insects ; and thus, just as our gardeners, by selecting seed from the...so much to adorn our gardens, so have insects, by fertilising the largest and most brilliant flowers, unconsciously, but not less effectually, contributed... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1875 - 588 pages
...the most conspicuous, would most attract the attention and secure the visits of insects ; and thus, just as our gardeners, by selecting seed from the...varieties, have done so much to adorn our gardens, so havo insects, by fertilizing the largest and most brilliant flowers, unconsciously, but not less effectually,... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1876 - 442 pages
...the most conspicuous, would most attract the attention and secure the visits of insects ; and thus, just as our gardeners, by selecting seed from the...so much to adorn our gardens, so have insects, by fertilising the largest and the most beautiful flowers, unconsciously, but not the less effectually,... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1876 - 432 pages
...the most conspicuous, would most attract the attention and secure the visits of insects ; and thus, just as our gardeners, by selecting seed from the...so much to adorn our gardens, so have insects, by fertilising the largest and the most beautiful flowers, unconsciously, but not the less effectually,... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1879 - 220 pages
...most conspicuous, would most surely attract the attention and secure the visits of insects ; and thus, just as our gardeners, by selecting seed from the...so much to adorn our gardens, so have insects, by fertilising the largest and most brilliant flowers, contributed unconsciously, but not less effectually,... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1879 - 250 pages
...the most beautiful varieties, have done so much to adorn our gardens, so have insects, by fertilising the largest and most brilliant flowers, contributed...not less effectually, to the beauty of our woods and fields.1 1 I have treated the subject of this lecture at greater length in a little book on Flowers... | |
 | John Lubbock (1st baron Avebury.) - 1882 - 244 pages
...most conspicuous, would most surely attract the attention and secure the visits of insects ; and thus, just as our gardeners, by selecting seed from the...so much to adorn our gardens, so have insects, by fertilising the largest and most brilliant flowers, contributed unconsciously, but not less effectually,... | |
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