Annual Report, 20–22. köide1852 |
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... covered to come to the wheat plant by Monsieur Esprit Fabre in twelve years ' growth ; and Mr. Punnett took the opportunity of recommending gardeners to observe the sports of plants , and give them cultivation , by which useful produce ...
... covered to come to the wheat plant by Monsieur Esprit Fabre in twelve years ' growth ; and Mr. Punnett took the opportunity of recommending gardeners to observe the sports of plants , and give them cultivation , by which useful produce ...
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... next disappear , and become covered with a membrane , being placed in a sort of sac under the throat ; and the animal then , breathes after the manner of fishes . The head , which is furnished with eyes and nostrils , is confounded with 14.
... next disappear , and become covered with a membrane , being placed in a sort of sac under the throat ; and the animal then , breathes after the manner of fishes . The head , which is furnished with eyes and nostrils , is confounded with 14.
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... covering comparatively barren tracts with a superficial layer of wholesome mould . " - Darwin . " In the course of eighty years the earth worm had covered a field then manured with marl , with a bed of earth , averaging 13 inches in ...
... covering comparatively barren tracts with a superficial layer of wholesome mould . " - Darwin . " In the course of eighty years the earth worm had covered a field then manured with marl , with a bed of earth , averaging 13 inches in ...
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... covered between its sides and the hole in which it is buried , with a substance like paper , of an ash - grey colour and coarse rough texture . There are two passages leading to each nest , one for ingress and the other for egress ...
... covered between its sides and the hole in which it is buried , with a substance like paper , of an ash - grey colour and coarse rough texture . There are two passages leading to each nest , one for ingress and the other for egress ...
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... covered with this mould . Ascophora mucedo , Tode . I removed a circular patch , 2 inches diameter , of a bluish - green colour , and with a velvet - like surface , from stale paste made with the best flour : it was reduced to 1 inch in ...
... covered with this mould . Ascophora mucedo , Tode . I removed a circular patch , 2 inches diameter , of a bluish - green colour , and with a velvet - like surface , from stale paste made with the best flour : it was reduced to 1 inch in ...
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Page 14 - For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram : once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
Page 15 - And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: ~] And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Page 15 - ... but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
Page 15 - And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Page 34 - But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone...
Page 29 - ... green meadows of England in autumn, for the myrtle and orange groves of Italy, and for the palms of Africa : he has always objects of pursuit, and his success is secure. Even the beings selected for his prey are poetical, beautiful, and transient.
Page 25 - So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If chance his mate's shrill call he hear,) And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy William's lip those kisses sweet.
Page 29 - He is the joyous prophet of the year — the harbinger of the best season: he lives a life of enjoyment amongst the loveliest forms of nature : winter is unknown to him; and he leaves the green meadows of England in autumn, for the myrtle and orange groves of Italy, and for the palms of Africa: — he has always objects of pursuit, and his success is secure.
Page 58 - I have counted above 10,000,000), so subtile (they are scarcely visible to the naked eye, and often resemble thin smoke), so light (raised, perhaps, by evaporation into the atmosphere), and are dispersed in so many ways (by the attraction of the sun, by insects, wind, elasticity, adhesion, &c.), that it is difficult to conceive a place from which they can be excluded.
Page 56 - May at times, when the wild products of the field are nearly consumed, the ivy ripens its berries, and...