 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 hundred yards distant from one of the old clumps, I counted...  The Atlantic Monthly - Sida 4071866Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Charles Richard Weld - 1860 - 452 sidor
...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,...head above the stems of the heath, and had failed."* It had been perpetually browsed down by cattle, and as soon as these were prevented attacking, the... | |
 | Charles Richard Weld - 1860 - 468 sidor
...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 sidor
...the old planted clumps. But on looking closely between the stems of the heath, I found a multitude of seedlings and little trees, which had been perpetually...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 sidor
...the old planted clumps. But on looking closely between the stems of the heath, I found a multitude of seedlings and little trees, which had been perpetually...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 sidor
...the old planted clumps. But on looking closely between the stems of the heath, I found a multitude of seedlings and little trees which had been perpetually...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 sidor
...the old planted clumps. But " on looking closely between the stems of the heath, I "found a multitude of seedlings and little trees which had " been perpetually...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 sidor
...the old planted clumps. But on looking closely between the stems of the heath, I found a multitude of seedlings and little trees which had been perpetually...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... | |
 | 1881 - 408 sidor
...many to live. " On looking closely between the stems of the heath," he says, " I found a multitude of seedlings and little trees which had been 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... | |
 | Edward Step - 1881 - 270 sidor
...the old planted clumps. 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 oue square yard, at a point some hundred yards distant from one of the old clumps, I counted thirty-two... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1882 - 492 sidor
...counted thirty-two little trees ; and one of them, with twentysix rings of growth, had, during many years tried to raise its head above the stems of the heath, and had failed. No wonder that, as noon as the land was enclosed, it became thickly clothed with vigorously growing young firs. Yet the... | |
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