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The various contrivances by which orchids are fertilised by insects

Title
The various contrivances by which orchids are fertilised by insects [electronic resource] / by Charles Darwin.
Author
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Publication
New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1889.

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Description
1 online resource (xvi, 300, [8] p.) : ill.
Series Statement
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925
Uniform Title
  • On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects
  • Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925.
Alternative Title
  • On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects
  • On the fertilisation of orchids by insects
Subject
  • Pollination by insects
  • Fertilization of plants
  • Orchids
Note
  • "With illustrations."
  • "List of papers and books bearing on the fertilisation of the Orchideae, which have been published since the appearance of the first edition of this work in 1862, arranged in chronological order.", p. vii-x.
  • Publisher's advertising: [8] p., 3rd count.
  • Includes index.
  • Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
OCLC
  • 875132817
  • NCCO2010588
Author
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Title
The various contrivances by which orchids are fertilised by insects [electronic resource] / by Charles Darwin.
Imprint
New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1889.
Edition
2nd ed., rev.
Series
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
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Cover Title
On the fertilisation of orchids by insects
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