The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 89National Geographic Society, 1946 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 352
... trees by looking across from one side of a canyon to the other . The reddish tint on some of the leaves , the peculiar sheen , the shape of the tree , or the form of the leaves can be recognized at some distance when one becomes ...
... trees by looking across from one side of a canyon to the other . The reddish tint on some of the leaves , the peculiar sheen , the shape of the tree , or the form of the leaves can be recognized at some distance when one becomes ...
Page 661
... trees hung above us , their roots gripping the slopes , their trunks scarred obliquely from numerous tappings . Below us grew green kapok trees , acacias , and pawpaws . Young cacao , light green , bronze , and scarlet , pushed up its ...
... trees hung above us , their roots gripping the slopes , their trunks scarred obliquely from numerous tappings . Below us grew green kapok trees , acacias , and pawpaws . Young cacao , light green , bronze , and scarlet , pushed up its ...
Page 667
... tree is no match for the fiercely growing wild things . It must be protected by higher trees , for it cannot thrive when exposed to too strong a sun ; yet it dies like any com- moner plant when some robber branch comes down to throw a ...
... tree is no match for the fiercely growing wild things . It must be protected by higher trees , for it cannot thrive when exposed to too strong a sun ; yet it dies like any com- moner plant when some robber branch comes down to throw a ...
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