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 31
... leaf which is to serve them as a habitation , they fix themselves to a leaf by their proboscis and never leave it . There are two varieties of cochineal : the wild kind , called by the Spaniards Grana sylvestra , and the cultivated ...
... leaf which is to serve them as a habitation , they fix themselves to a leaf by their proboscis and never leave it . There are two varieties of cochineal : the wild kind , called by the Spaniards Grana sylvestra , and the cultivated ...
Page 33
... leaves , which were narrower and paler than those of the chameleon , with not a few hairs and prickles . The stem grew to a height of two cubits and more , and the flowers were purple . It is further added that the seeds of this plant ...
... leaves , which were narrower and paler than those of the chameleon , with not a few hairs and prickles . The stem grew to a height of two cubits and more , and the flowers were purple . It is further added that the seeds of this plant ...
Page 35
... leaves , larv¿ , beetles and spiders , these latter being the bugbear of the collector whilst sweeping , as they spin up the contents of the net ( which I transfer bodily into large chip boxes , to be sorted out at home ) into a tangled ...
... leaves , larv¿ , beetles and spiders , these latter being the bugbear of the collector whilst sweeping , as they spin up the contents of the net ( which I transfer bodily into large chip boxes , to be sorted out at home ) into a tangled ...
Page 41
... leaves , petals of flowers , and other floral organs , just as another Tertiary formation shows . This is neverthe ... leaf - insects ) . The reader would hardly imagine that the amber specimens include more than one thousand sorts of ...
... leaves , petals of flowers , and other floral organs , just as another Tertiary formation shows . This is neverthe ... leaf - insects ) . The reader would hardly imagine that the amber specimens include more than one thousand sorts of ...
Page 43
... Leaf Fungi of 1889 in the Neighbourhood of Dover , " by W. T. Haydon ; " The Otolithes of Fishes , " by Sydney Webb ; " A Neolithic Find near Dover , " by W. T. Haydon , & c . BLACK - NECKED Grebe . - A fine specimen of the eared or ...
... Leaf Fungi of 1889 in the Neighbourhood of Dover , " by W. T. Haydon ; " The Otolithes of Fishes , " by Sydney Webb ; " A Neolithic Find near Dover , " by W. T. Haydon , & c . BLACK - NECKED Grebe . - A fine specimen of the eared or ...
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