Flora of Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Classic Reprint)

Flora of Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Classic Reprint)
Author: Lorin Low Dame
Publisher:
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2015-07-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781330874325

Excerpt from Flora of Middlesex County, Massachusetts This catalogue has been a natural outgrowth of the incorporation of the Middlesex Institute in 1881. The results of numerous excursions in the vicinity of Malden encouraged wider research, leading to the exploration of the entire county, with publication in view. Works known to contain lists of county plants have been carefully examined, among which are Bigelow's "Florula Bostoniensis;" Hitchcock's "Report on the Geology, etc., of Mass.;" Emerson's "Trees and Shrubs of Mass.;" a "List of Plants in Malden and Medford;" the "Catalogue of the Davenport Herbarium;" "A partial list of the native flora of Waltham;" a "List of introduced plants found in the vicinity of a wool-scouring establishment" in North Chelmsford, by Rev. W. P. Alcott; and miscellaneous papers in the "Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History," Hovey's Magazine, and other publications. The verification of these lists has been no light task. Where 110 specimen exists, where it has been impossible to find the original authority upon which a plant outside its recognized limits has been reported, or where there is a strong probability of wrong determination, the authors have excluded such names from the catalogue, thinking it better to lose several species which may be in the county than admit one which would be justly open to criticism. Various public and private collections have been examined for rare species; while holidays and vacations have been for six years largely devoted to botanical expeditions which have embraced within their scope, though very imperfectly, every section of Middlesex. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Flora of Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Flora of Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Author: Lorin Low Dame
Publisher:
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2014-11-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9781504247948

Hardcover reprint of the original 1888 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Dame, Lorin Low. Flora Of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Dame, Lorin Low. Flora Of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, . Malden, Middlesex Institute, 1888. Subject: Botany

From Coastal Wilderness to Fruited Plain

From Coastal Wilderness to Fruited Plain
Author: Gordon G. Whitney
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 492
Release: 1996-08-29
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780521576581

From Coastal Wilderness to Fruited Plain is an account of the making of a large part of the American landscape following European settlement. Drawing upon land survey records and early travellers' accounts, Dr Whitney reconstructs the 'virgin' forests and grasslands of the north-eastern and central United States during the pre-settlement period. He then documents successively the clearance and fragmentation of the region's woodlands, the harvest of the forest and its game, the ploughing of the prairies, and the draining of wetlands. The degree to which these activities altered the soil, climate, plant and animal communities, and water cycle are evaluated, and the sustainability of present-day ecosystems is brought into question in this account.

Flora of Berkshire County, Massachusetts (Classic Reprint)

Flora of Berkshire County, Massachusetts (Classic Reprint)
Author: Ralph Hoffmann
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2018-02-25
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780666336057

Excerpt from Flora of Berkshire County, Massachusetts For convenience, the term Greylock is used to include the whole mountain-mass that culminates in Mt. Greylock of the topographic sheet, and The Dome for the mountain-mass that culminates in Mt. Everett Of the topographic sheets. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Democracy and Education

Democracy and Education
Author: John Dewey
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 456
Release: 1916
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

. Renewal of Life by Transmission. The most notable distinction between living and inanimate things is that the former maintain themselves by renewal. A stone when struck resists. If its resistance is greater than the force of the blow struck, it remains outwardly unchanged. Otherwise, it is shattered into smaller bits. Never does the stone attempt to react in such a way that it may maintain itself against the blow, much less so as to render the blow a contributing factor to its own continued action. While the living thing may easily be crushed by superior force, it none the less tries to turn the energies which act upon it into means of its own further existence. If it cannot do so, it does not just split into smaller pieces (at least in the higher forms of life), but loses its identity as a living thing. As long as it endures, it struggles to use surrounding energies in its own behalf. It uses light, air, moisture, and the material of soil. To say that it uses them is to say that it turns them into means of its own conservation. As long as it is growing, the energy it expends in thus turning the environment to account is more than compensated for by the return it gets: it grows. Understanding the word "control" in this sense, it may be said that a living being is one that subjugates and controls for its own continued activity the energies that would otherwise use it up. Life is a self-renewing process through action upon the environment.

The Working Press of the Nation

The Working Press of the Nation
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1580
Release: 2002
Genre: American newspapers
ISBN:

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