Hardwicke's Science-gossipRobert Hardwicke, 1893 |
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Page 128
... March 27th last year . Vanessa urtica was seen on the wing on the 14th . The 31st of March gave me a very sure sign of the forwardness of the season by the appearance of Pieris rapa , gamboling about as if it were the hottest day in May ...
... March 27th last year . Vanessa urtica was seen on the wing on the 14th . The 31st of March gave me a very sure sign of the forwardness of the season by the appearance of Pieris rapa , gamboling about as if it were the hottest day in May ...
Page 159
... March , marsh - marigolds and Ranunculus ficaria were in bloom ; these were followed in rapid suc- cession by R. bulbosa , R. repens , R. acris , R. auri- comus , R. arvensis , and several forms or varieties of water - crowfoot were all ...
... March , marsh - marigolds and Ranunculus ficaria were in bloom ; these were followed in rapid suc- cession by R. bulbosa , R. repens , R. acris , R. auri- comus , R. arvensis , and several forms or varieties of water - crowfoot were all ...
Page 164
... March and April is phenomenal , being respectively 155 hours and 231 hours ; the greatest previous records for these months in sixteen years from 1877 being 141 hours in March , 1880 , and 196 in April , 1892. The greatest values for ...
... March and April is phenomenal , being respectively 155 hours and 231 hours ; the greatest previous records for these months in sixteen years from 1877 being 141 hours in March , 1880 , and 196 in April , 1892. The greatest values for ...
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Field Mice 86 | 17 |
Plants Colouration in | 22 |
Flowers yet fresh form Childhood 145 | 35 |
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