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" But how important an element enclosure is, I plainly saw near Farnham in Surrey. Here there are extensive heaths, with a few clumps of old Scotch firs on the distant hill-tops ; within the last ten years large spaces have been enclosed, and self-sown... "
Plant-life: Popular Papers on the Phenomena of Botany - Page 128
by Edward Step - 1881 - 216 pages
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18

American essays - 1866 - 808 pages
...introduction of a single tree, nothing whatever else having been done, with the exception that the land had been enclosed, so that cattle could not enter. But...looking closely between the stems of the heath, I found multitudes of seedlings and little trees, which had been perpetually browsed down by the cattle. In...
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On the origin of species by means of natural selection ; or, The ...

Charles Darwin - 1875 - 504 pages
...now springing up in multitudes, so close together that all cannot live. When I ascertained that theso young trees had not been sown or planted, I was so...unenclosed heath, and literally I could not see a single Scoteh fir, except the old planted clumps. But on looking closely between the stems of the heath, I...
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The Indian Forester, Volume 16

Forests and forestry - 1890 - 604 pages
...mountainous. The valleys I have visited are beautiful.'" Darwin, in his " Origin of Species," says:— " But how important an element enclosure is I plainly...literally I could not see a single Scotch fir, except the old-planted clumps. But on looking closely between the stems of the heath, I found a multitude of seedlings...
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An Easy Outline of Evolution

Dennis Hird - Evolution - 1903 - 256 pages
...at their numbers that I went to several points of view, whence I could examine hundreds of acres of unenclosed heath, and literally I could not see a...of the heath, I found a multitude of seedlings and small trees which had been perpetually browsed down by the cattle. In one square yard, at a point some...
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The Origin of Species

Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1909 - 544 pages
...greater, for six insectivorous birds were very common in the plantations, which were not to be seen on the heath; and the heath was frequented by two...literally I could not see a single Scotch fir, except die old planted clumps. But on looking closely between the stems of the heath, I found a multitude...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18

American essays - 1866 - 796 pages
...having Li the exception that the I i, .-en enclosed, so that cattle ::.ter. But how important rnclosure is, I plainly saw near Farnham in Surrey. Here there...looking closely between the stems of the heath, I found multitudes of seedlings and little trees, which had been perpetually browsed down by the cattle. In...
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