Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 27. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Ellor Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1891 |
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Page 32
... called Atad laban , that is , Spina alba . The German name is White Way - Thistle . This is what the Arabs call Bedeguar ; it is also known as the Herb of the House or House - wort , " - I suppose because of the remarkable qualities ...
... called Atad laban , that is , Spina alba . The German name is White Way - Thistle . This is what the Arabs call Bedeguar ; it is also known as the Herb of the House or House - wort , " - I suppose because of the remarkable qualities ...
Page 33
... called by the name which the genuine article bore . I would not say that the herbalists of the middle ages wilfully deceived people in this way , though , from what I have read and heard about the mandrake and other curious plants , I ...
... called by the name which the genuine article bore . I would not say that the herbalists of the middle ages wilfully deceived people in this way , though , from what I have read and heard about the mandrake and other curious plants , I ...
Page 34
... called Bedeguard ( this is the way in which he spells it ) , but he is apparently quite unable to see how the name has been transferred from one medicinal article to another . Here , then , we have , in a book published in 1644 , the ...
... called Bedeguard ( this is the way in which he spells it ) , but he is apparently quite unable to see how the name has been transferred from one medicinal article to another . Here , then , we have , in a book published in 1644 , the ...
Page 40
... called " working them " by professional duckers ; but it is more commonly known on paper as the " dog - decoy . " It is often productive of a fair take , especially of birds fresh from the north , but it is far surpassed by the " duck ...
... called " working them " by professional duckers ; but it is more commonly known on paper as the " dog - decoy . " It is often productive of a fair take , especially of birds fresh from the north , but it is far surpassed by the " duck ...
Page 44
... called Echinodrilus . The worm is only an inch in length when full grown , and has from three to six setæ in each group , four of which groups or combs are placed on each segment save the first . It is abundant in the one locality where ...
... called Echinodrilus . The worm is only an inch in length when full grown , and has from three to six setæ in each group , four of which groups or combs are placed on each segment save the first . It is abundant in the one locality where ...
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