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... plant was more than 30 feet . 30 - foot Giant Bears 8,000 Flowers The 20 - foot center cluster contained hun- dreds of 18 - inch branches radiating from it like the spokes of a wheel . In turn , each branch contained numerous chaste ...
... plant was more than 30 feet . 30 - foot Giant Bears 8,000 Flowers The 20 - foot center cluster contained hun- dreds of 18 - inch branches radiating from it like the spokes of a wheel . In turn , each branch contained numerous chaste ...
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... plant's stiff foliage . Its best - known relative , the pineapple , bears many small fruits , all fused into one luscious berry , or " apple , " in which it houses seeds . Brazilian Indians for centuries have woven a cloth , stronger ...
... plant's stiff foliage . Its best - known relative , the pineapple , bears many small fruits , all fused into one luscious berry , or " apple , " in which it houses seeds . Brazilian Indians for centuries have woven a cloth , stronger ...
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... plant . Most bromeliads have roots , but in many species these serve not as mouths but as props for the upright plant , which absorbs food through its leaves . Bromeliads developed their air - feeding habits , it is presumed , when ...
... plant . Most bromeliads have roots , but in many species these serve not as mouths but as props for the upright plant , which absorbs food through its leaves . Bromeliads developed their air - feeding habits , it is presumed , when ...
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Copraship Voyage to Fijis Outlying Islands By Marjory C Thomas 121 | viii |
Down the Susquehanna by Canoe By Ralph Gray With 45 illustrations in color from | xvi |
Here Come the Marines By Frederick Simpich 647 | xxii |
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