Author: Royal Botanic Gardens, KewPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Wanderings Through the Conservatories at Kew
Author: Royal Botanic Gardens, KewPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Wanderings Through the Conservatories at Kew. [By P.H. Gosse.].
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Author: Royal Botanic Gardens, KewPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Wanderings Through the Conservatories at Kew [by P. H. Gosse]
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Author: Philip Henry GossePublisher: Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN: 9781230107226
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 edition. Excerpt: ...in my mind how I could secure these treasures, and I clearly saw that a canoe was necessary; therefore 1 promptly returned to the town, and communicating my discovery and my wishes to the corregidor, or governor, he kindly sent Indians with a yoke of oxen, for the purpose of drawing a canoe from the river Yacuma to the lake. As soon as it was ready I set off, accompanied by several Indians, to aid in bringing home the expected prize of leaves and blossoms. The canoe was so small that it would carry but three persons, myself in the middle and a Indian at either end. In this tottering little craft we rowed among the magnificent flowers and foliage, unavoidably crashing some and selecting only such as pleased me. The leaves were so enormous that but two could be stowed in the canoe, one before me and the other behind, and their fragility rendered extreme care necessary, so that we had to make several trips in the canoe before I could obtain as many as I wanted. The load of blossoms, leaves, and ripe seed-vessels being collected, I next mused how they might be safely carried away, and I decided upon suspending them upon long poles by small cord attached to the stalks. Two Indians, each bearing on his shoulder the end of a pole, conveyed them into the town, the poor creatures wondering the while why I should take so much trouble to get at flowers, and for what object they were destined by me. The Victoria grows in from four to six feet of water; each plant generally sends but four or five leaves to the surface, yet these cover the water in those parts where the plant abounds, touching one another so losely that I observed a beautiful;iquatic bird (Parra sp.?) walking with perfect ease from leaf to leaf, and many of the Muscicapidce find...
Wanderings through the Conservatories at Kew
Author: Philip Henry GossePublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3375179006
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1856.
Wanderings Through the Conservatories at Kew
Author: Philip Henry GosseCatalogue of the Library of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Author: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 1598
Book Description
Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts Forming the Library of Frederic David Mocatta
Author: Frederic David MocattaPublisher: London : Harrison
ISBN:
Category : Hebrew literature
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information
Author: Philip Henry Gosse
Author: Richard Broke FreemanPublisher: Folkestone, Kent : Dawson
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Imperial cities
Author: Felix DriverPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526117967
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Imperial cities explores the influence of imperialism in the landscapes of modern European cities including London, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Marseilles, Glasgow and Seville. Examines large-scale architectural schemes and monuments, including the Queen Victoria Memorial in London and the Vittoriano in Rome. Focuses on imperial display throughout the city, from spectacular exhibitions and ceremonies, to more private displays of empire in suburban gardens. Cconsiders the changing cultural and political identities in the imperial city, looking particularly at nationalism, masculinity and anti-imperialism.