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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Page 60
... variety : the footstalk is to one side of a filiform scale , scarcely distinguishable , except under a high power , from hairs . These are toothed at their upper extremity . Another scale , almost peculiar to the species , is diamond ...
... variety : the footstalk is to one side of a filiform scale , scarcely distinguishable , except under a high power , from hairs . These are toothed at their upper extremity . Another scale , almost peculiar to the species , is diamond ...
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... variety of chert . Chalcedony , Agate . — Chalcedony has been described as a mixture of crystalline and amorphous quartz ; its tendency is to assume a botryoidal or stalactitic form ; and its numerous variations of colour and modes of ...
... variety of chert . Chalcedony , Agate . — Chalcedony has been described as a mixture of crystalline and amorphous quartz ; its tendency is to assume a botryoidal or stalactitic form ; and its numerous variations of colour and modes of ...
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... variety of the Hyacinth you enclosed is undoubtedly a natural variety , and not a garden sport . White specimens of the common Hyacinth are not un- common in some localities . R. J. MANNING . - No specimen of a plant was enclosed in ...
... variety of the Hyacinth you enclosed is undoubtedly a natural variety , and not a garden sport . White specimens of the common Hyacinth are not un- common in some localities . R. J. MANNING . - No specimen of a plant was enclosed in ...
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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