Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 13. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Eller Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1877 |
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... kind readers may com- municate to us to further this end will always be gratefully accepted . We have to return our thanks for many " words of cheer " received during the past twelve months . To an Editor , anxiously striving to do his ...
... kind readers may com- municate to us to further this end will always be gratefully accepted . We have to return our thanks for many " words of cheer " received during the past twelve months . To an Editor , anxiously striving to do his ...
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... kind cultivated in the British gardens . Parkinson mentions , in his " Paradisi " ( 1629 ) , that in his time only one kind of Pompion was cultivated , but that it would be a waste of time to recite all the forms and colours in which ...
... kind cultivated in the British gardens . Parkinson mentions , in his " Paradisi " ( 1629 ) , that in his time only one kind of Pompion was cultivated , but that it would be a waste of time to recite all the forms and colours in which ...
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... kind of nutmeg . The No. 150 . bird is named Corana by the natives . To clean its rich plumage this bird is accustomed , when the ground is dry , to scrape ( similar to a gallianceous bird ) around places clear of all grass and leaves ...
... kind of nutmeg . The No. 150 . bird is named Corana by the natives . To clean its rich plumage this bird is accustomed , when the ground is dry , to scrape ( similar to a gallianceous bird ) around places clear of all grass and leaves ...
Contents
HALFHOURS AT THE SEASIDE or Recreations with Marine Objects | 45 |
THE AQUARIUM its Inhabitants Structure and Management Illustrated | 186 |
NOTES ON COLLECTING AND PRESERVING NATURAL HISTORY OBJECTS | 211 |
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