Word: floras
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...archipelago where no human beings live but a small colony of convicts; where only pirates, adventurers, and scientific expeditions have sojourned, where flora and fauna of vanished geological ages flourish in greater abundance and variety than in any other spot on the earth's surface-that describes the Galápagos, locale of William Beebe's latest scientific and literary exploits. His new book* issued under the auspices of the New York Zoölogical Society, is a saga of man, the ever-curious, in a garb that fits the tale, replete with gorgeous color plates, beautiful photography...
...membership of the committees is : U. S.: Owen D. Young, General C. G. Dawes, Henry M. Robinson; Great Britain: Sir Robert Kindersley, Sir J. C. Stamp, Reginald McKenna; Italy: Dr. Alberto Pirelli, Professor Frederico Flora, Dr. Mario Alberts; Belgium: MM. Francqui, Hontard, Janssens...
...scheduled for Wednesday, November 7, when he will talk on "Excursions in Labrador." Dr. Townsend is a physician who became interested in the welfare of the people living in the hamlets along the northern coasts and Labrador. As he extended his travels he became very much interested in the flora and fauna of the Labrador country. He soon took to writing and his books, "Along the Labrador Coast." "A Labrador Spring," and "In Audubon's Labrador are authorities on the subject...
Under the circumstances it is hardly reasonable to expect too much of the lesser flora amid which Poppy blooms. One faultless feature is sufficient for the normal musical comedy. But Poppy is abnormal. It has in addition to Miss Kennedy the funniest comedian at present exhibiting in New York...
...stage. In the present instance the sudden fortune is acquired by promoting brains. It is all rather rapid; familiarly amusing; shrewdly seasoned to the public taste. Robert Ames and Vivian Tobin are thoroughly acceptable in the leading roles. The visitor may also take delight in recognizing in the cast Flora Finch, cinema comedienne with the most angular features that ever cracked a custard...