Hardwicke's Science-gossipRobert Hardwicke, 1893 |
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Page 52
... leaves . The male Edipoda stridula , or Rattling Grasshopper , takes flying leaps in the woods with a somewhat startling rattle , owing to its wings rubbing together . Fig . 45.-Do. of Lychnis dioica , 8 . Fig. the heap of stones beneath ...
... leaves . The male Edipoda stridula , or Rattling Grasshopper , takes flying leaps in the woods with a somewhat startling rattle , owing to its wings rubbing together . Fig . 45.-Do. of Lychnis dioica , 8 . Fig. the heap of stones beneath ...
Page 93
... leaves , and means a leaf . Some leaves are arranged cross - ways . The shapes of leaves vary in size and shape , and their shape is caused by what they have to do . Some leaves we should know by their shape , for instance , the ivy - leaf ...
... leaves , and means a leaf . Some leaves are arranged cross - ways . The shapes of leaves vary in size and shape , and their shape is caused by what they have to do . Some leaves we should know by their shape , for instance , the ivy - leaf ...
Page 110
... leaves , etc. , of the nettle are covered with numerous stiff hairs . These hairs have siliceous walls , as can be proved by heating a portion of the leaf red - hot on a mica plate or platinum wire , and their tips are bent into sharp ...
... leaves , etc. , of the nettle are covered with numerous stiff hairs . These hairs have siliceous walls , as can be proved by heating a portion of the leaf red - hot on a mica plate or platinum wire , and their tips are bent into sharp ...
Contents
Field Mice 86 | 17 |
Plants Colouration in | 22 |
Flowers yet fresh form Childhood 145 | 35 |
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