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... plant collections must also have storage areas that provide temperature conditions favourable to certain species at particular sea- sons . Cold frames may serve this purpose for many kinds of plants and for the wintering over of younger ...
... plant collections must also have storage areas that provide temperature conditions favourable to certain species at particular sea- sons . Cold frames may serve this purpose for many kinds of plants and for the wintering over of younger ...
Page 66
... plants and to give them names thus seems to be as old as the human race . In time plants were not only collected by primitive man but also grown by him . This domestication resulted not only in the development of agriculture but also in ...
... plants and to give them names thus seems to be as old as the human race . In time plants were not only collected by primitive man but also grown by him . This domestication resulted not only in the development of agriculture but also in ...
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... plants , one of the early subdivisions of organic chemistry , has been of great importance in the identification of plant substances of medicinal importance . With the development of new phytochemical methods , new information has ...
... plants , one of the early subdivisions of organic chemistry , has been of great importance in the identification of plant substances of medicinal importance . With the development of new phytochemical methods , new information has ...
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