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of drawings at length became important from their number and accui'acy, and 

 a long continued study of the nutritive properties of Fungi has induced the 

 former to lay the results of her investigations before the public, under the 

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 are so faithful that there can be no difficulty in at once determining with 

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 the plates, which are not fancy sketches, but so individualized and life-like, that 

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ILLUSTRATIONS OF BKITISH ]\[YCOLOGY; containing 

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VOICES FIlOi\I THE WOODLANDS; or, Histoi7 of Forest \ 



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by way of giving variety to a subject so commonplace, the several plants are sup- > 



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I flowering and fruiting, with analyses of structure, as follows: — { 



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\ 3. A fully expanded flower of the naturcd size, with foliage. Sec. \ 



\ 4. A vertical section of the fully developed flower, with various ^ 



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