Hardwicke's Science-gossipRobert Hardwicke, 1885 |
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... WOODS , MONTREUX . WE ( DECEMBER 5 , 1884. ) E had arrived at our Montreux quarters for the winter , November 26th . After one or two days of brilliant sunshine , a heavy snowstorm had set in , fully six inches lying on the ground for ...
... WOODS , MONTREUX . WE ( DECEMBER 5 , 1884. ) E had arrived at our Montreux quarters for the winter , November 26th . After one or two days of brilliant sunshine , a heavy snowstorm had set in , fully six inches lying on the ground for ...
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... Woods . The leaves are entire , of a dark , shiny green ; the axillary clusters of greenish flowers were in full bud ... wood , a splendid array of Asplenium fontanum was in full beauty ; it is an evergreen fern , having lacy fronds ...
... Woods . The leaves are entire , of a dark , shiny green ; the axillary clusters of greenish flowers were in full bud ... wood , a splendid array of Asplenium fontanum was in full beauty ; it is an evergreen fern , having lacy fronds ...
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... wood fire having been kindled near an ant hill in the Island of St. Thomas , the ants precipitated themselves into it by thousands , until it was completely extinguished , and he proposes to name this species of ant the Formica ignivora ...
... wood fire having been kindled near an ant hill in the Island of St. Thomas , the ants precipitated themselves into it by thousands , until it was completely extinguished , and he proposes to name this species of ant the Formica ignivora ...
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... wood , 5 × 3 × 3 inches . At 1 inch from one end of the block a hole is bored of such diameter as may be necessary to admit the cylinder of a pewter syringe of about inch internal diameter . This hole runs vertically from the upper to ...
... wood , 5 × 3 × 3 inches . At 1 inch from one end of the block a hole is bored of such diameter as may be necessary to admit the cylinder of a pewter syringe of about inch internal diameter . This hole runs vertically from the upper to ...
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... wood fibres for the manufacture of the paper of which they build their nests and combs . * Moreover , during the spell of wintry weather that prevailed from June 6th to 10th inclusive , I had discovered a nest of the moss or carder bee ...
... wood fibres for the manufacture of the paper of which they build their nests and combs . * Moreover , during the spell of wintry weather that prevailed from June 6th to 10th inclusive , I had discovered a nest of the moss or carder bee ...
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