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Shade - Trees, Indigenous Shrubs, and 

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 This pamphlet was prepared for the re- 

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Science-Lectures at South Kensington. 

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J. W. Bouton announces " Isis Un- 

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and who considers Oriental thought and 

 history with reference to modern ideas. 

 The work is to be issued in two large octavo 

 volumes. 



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