The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 98National Geographic Society, 1950 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 465
... Puya raimondii . Perhaps an Indian had brought the puya there as a small plant to serve as a torch for his grandchildren to fire on some fiesta day . Unfortunately , this practice of burning the dry plant and flower stalk , full of ...
... Puya raimondii . Perhaps an Indian had brought the puya there as a small plant to serve as a torch for his grandchildren to fire on some fiesta day . Unfortunately , this practice of burning the dry plant and flower stalk , full of ...
Page 466
... Puya chilensis are sometimes used as fishhooks . Puya , the Pineapple's Andean Ancestor The National Geographic Magazine. 466 Mulford B. Foster Nevada de Santa Marta , Colombia , and on Mount Roraima , British Guiana . More than 100 ...
... Puya chilensis are sometimes used as fishhooks . Puya , the Pineapple's Andean Ancestor The National Geographic Magazine. 466 Mulford B. Foster Nevada de Santa Marta , Colombia , and on Mount Roraima , British Guiana . More than 100 ...
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... puya are a real challenge . Never- theless , from the first Puya raimondii which I visited , flowers , flower bracts , leaves , and even trunk scrapings were pressed between blotters , descriptive notes recorded , and photographs made ...
... puya are a real challenge . Never- theless , from the first Puya raimondii which I visited , flowers , flower bracts , leaves , and even trunk scrapings were pressed between blotters , descriptive notes recorded , and photographs made ...
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