 | 1854 - 862 Seiten
...vegetable world during the long day of the Artie summer. Although the sun never sets while it lasts, plants make no mistake about the time when, if it be not...leaves and sleep, even as they do at sunset in more favored climes. " If man," observed Mr. Seemann, " should ever reach the pole, and be undecided which... | |
 | 1854 - 850 Seiten
...world during the long day of the arctic sanauei. Although the sun never sets while it lasts, plants make no mistake about the time when, if it be not...be, but regularly as the evening hours approach, and «he» a midnight sun is several degrees above the horizon, droop their leaves and sleep, even as they... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1854 - 416 Seiten
...world during the long day of the arctic summer. Although the sun never sets while it lasts, plants make no mistake about the time when, if it be not night, it oaght to be, but regularly as the evening hours approach, and when a midnight sun is several degrees... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1855 - 632 Seiten
...world during the long day of the Arctic summer. Although the sun never sete while it lasts, plants make no mistake about the time when, if it be not...leaves and sleep, even as they do at sunset in more favored climes. " If man," observes Mr. Seemann, " should ever reach the pole, and be undecided which... | |
 | Anne Pratt - 1855 - 430 Seiten
...regular closing of the flowers. " Although," he says, " the sun never sets while it lasts, the plants make no mistake about the time, when if it be not...midnight sun is several degrees above the horizon, they droop their leaves, and sleep even as they do at sunset in more favoured climes." This naturalist... | |
 | John Timbs - 1857 - 444 Seiten
...world during the long day of the Arctic summer. Although the sun never sets while it lasts, plants make no mistake about the time, when, if it be not...horizon, droop their leaves and sleep even as they do in more favored climes. MUMMY WHEAT. Sir Gardner Wilkinson opened in the Thebaid an ancient tomb, which... | |
 | 1858 - 394 Seiten
...town house and the tasteful country house. IN the Arctic summer, when the sun never sets, the plants make no mistake about the time, when, if it be not...horizon, droop their leaves and sleep even as they do in more favored climes. THE HYENA COMMITTING SUICIDE. the young Merrys have •"- been interested in... | |
 | David Ames Wells - 1863 - 470 Seiten
...about the time, when, if it be ni-: night, it ought to be; but regularly as the evening hours approiKu. and when a midnight sun is several degrees above the...horizon, droop their leaves and sleep even as they do in more favored climes. MUMMY WHEAT. Sir Gardner Wilkinson opened in the Thebaid an ancient tomb, which... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1863 - 254 Seiten
...the long, Arctic summer, the sun never sets, the plants make no mistake about the time, when if it is not night, it ought to be ; but regularly as the evening hours approach, while the midnight sun is several degrees above the horizon, close their leaves, droop their heads... | |
 | William Houghton - 1869 - 198 Seiten
...the long day of an arctic summer. "Although," he says, "the sun never sets while it lasts, the plants make no mistake about the time, when if it be not...midnight sun is several degrees above the horizon, they droop their leaves, and sleep even as they do at sunset in more favoured climes." Look at the... | |
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Although the sun never sets whilst it lasts, plants make no mistake about the time when, if it be not night, it ought to be, but regularly as the evening hours approach, and when a midnight sun is several degrees above the horizon, droop their leaves... 
