. Outlines of natural theology for the use of the Canadian student [microform] : selected and arranged from the most authentic sources. Natural history; Natural theology; Sciences naturelles; Théologie naturelle. V â full b. We may sum up these proofs of re-introduction by a fact from H. Miller, and a significant query from his latest work : "In the coal period we find great coni- fers, so great that they must have raised their heads more than a hundred feet over the soil. Though marked by certain peculiarities of structure, they bore, as is shewn by the fossil trunks of Gran ton and Cra
. Outlines of natural theology for the use of the Canadian student [microform] : selected and arranged from the most authentic sources. Natural history; Natural theology; Sciences naturelles; Théologie naturelle. V â full b. We may sum up these proofs of re-introduction by a fact from H. Miller, and a significant query from his latest work : "In the coal period we find great coni- fers, so great that they must have raised their heads more than a hundred feet over the soil. Though marked by certain peculiarities of structure, they bore, as is shewn by the fossil trunks of Gran ton and Craigleith, the familiar outlines of true conifer- ous trees ; and would, mayhap, have differed no more in appearance/rowi their successors of the same order that now live in our forests, than these differ from the conifers of New Zealand or of New South Wales. \ "The forms borne by most of the oolitic plants were comparatively familiar forms. With the acrogens and gymnogens, we find the first indication of the lily-like plants ; of plants, too, allied to the panda- naceae or screw pines, the fruits of which are some- times preserved in a wonderfully perfect state of keeping in the inferior oolite ; together with carpo- lithsâpalm-like fruits, very ornately sculpturedâ and the remains of one, at least, other monocotyle- don that bears the somewhat general name of an endogenite. No true fossil palms have yet been detected in the great oolitic and wealden systems, though they certainly occur in the great carbonife- rous and permian rocks, and are comparatively common in the earlier middle and tertiary forma- tions. Much cannot be founded on merely negative. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bovell, James, 1817-1880. [Toronto? : s. n. ]
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