 Even slow-breeding man has doubled in twenty-five years; and at this rate, in less than a thousand years there would literally not be standing-room for his progeny. Linnaeus has calculated that if an annual plant produced only two seeds — and there...  The Common Cause - Page 501911Full view - About this book
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1860 - 612 pages
...thousand years, there would literally not be stain!. ugroorn for his progeny. Linnaius has calculated lhal if an annual plant produced only two seeds — and...then in twenty years there would be a million plants. The elephant is reckoned to be the slowest breeder of all known animals, and I have taken some pains... | |
 | 1860 - 982 pages
...rate, in a few thousand years, there would literally not be standing room for his progeny. Linnseus has calculated that if an annual plant produced only...produced two, and so on, then in twenty years there would ho ;x million plants. The elephant is reckoned to he the slowest breeder of alt known animals, and... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1860 - 594 pages
...extraordinary fertility of all nature, can possibly doubt. " Linnsens has calculated that if an annual phint produced only two seeds — and there is no plant...then in twenty years there would be a million plants. The elephant is reckoned the slowest breeder of all known animals, and I have taken some pains to estimate... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1860 - 638 pages
...that if an annual plant produced only two seeds—and there is no plant so unproductive as this—and their seedlings next year produced two, and so on, then, in twenty years, there would be a million of plants. As a consequence, the weakest goes to the wall; it is a race for life, with the deuce taking... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1861 - 470 pages
...rate, in a few thousand years, there would literally not be standing room for his progeny. Linnaeus has calculated that if an annual plant produced only...then in twenty years there would be a million plants. The elephant is reckoned to be the slowest breeder of all known animals, and I have taken some pains... | |
 | 1861 - 824 pages
...rate, in a few thousand years, there would literally uoe be standing room for his progeny. Linn&us has calculated that if an annual plant produced only...on, then in twenty years there would be a million of plants. The elephant is reckoned to be the slowest breeder of all animals ; and I have taken some... | |
 | 1861 - 788 pages
...would be literally "not standing-room for his progeny. " Linnaeus has calculated that, if an an" nual plant produced only two seeds — " and there is no..." twenty years there would be a million " plants. The elephant is reckoned the " slowest breeder of all known animals, " and I have taken some pains... | |
 | 1861 - 520 pages
...would be literally "not standing-room for his progeny. " Linnarus has calculated that, if an an" nual plant produced only two seeds — " and there is no..." twenty years there would be a million " plants. The elephant is reckoned the " slowest breeder of all known animals, " and I have taken some pains... | |
 | 1861 - 562 pages
...not be standing room for his progeny. Linneus has calculated that if an annual plant produced ouly two seeds — and there is no plant so unproductive...this — and their seedlings next year produced two seeds, and so on, in thirty years there would be a million plants. The elephant is reckoned the slowest... | |
 | 1862 - 838 pages
...calculated that if an animal plant produced only two seeds — and there is no plant so nnprodnctive as this — and their seedlings next year produced...then in twenty years there would be a million plants. The elephant is reckoned the slowest breeder of all known animals, and I have taken Bome pains to estimate... | |
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