...mine, but that they do occur is certain. Buckland's description of a coal-mine is worth quoting : — " The most elaborate imitations of living foliage upon the painted ceilings of Italian palaces bear no omparison with the beauteous profusion with which the galleries of these instructive coal-mines are...

...described. " The most elaborate imitation of living foliage on the painted ceilings of Italian palaces bears no comparison with the beauteous profusion of extinct...forms, with which the galleries of these instructive coal mines are overlaid. The roof is covered, as it were, with a canopy of gorgeous tapestry, enriched...

...TjlE MOST ANCIENT FLORA The finest example I have ever witnessed is that of the coal-mines of Bohemia. The most elaborate imitations of living foliage upon the painted ceilings of Italian pal.icrs, bear no comparison with the beauteous profusion of extinct vegetable forms with which the...

...the present day. Of these deposits Mautell says, " The most elaborate imitations of living foliage on the painted ceilings of Italian palaces, bear no comparison...forms, with which the galleries of these instructive coal mines arc overhung. The roof is covered as with a canopy of gorgeous tapestry, enriched with festoons...

...ever witnessed is that of the coal mines of Bohemia. The most elaborate imitations of livingfoliage on the painted ceilings of Italian palaces bear no comparison...forms with which the galleries of these instructive coal mines are overhung. The roof is covered as with a canopy of gorgeous tapestry, enriched with festoons...

...beauteous profusion of extinct vegetable forms with which the galleries of these instructive mines are overhung. The roof is covered as with a canopy...with festoons of most graceful foliage, flung in wild profusion over every portion of its surface. The effect is heightened by the contrast of the coal-black...