Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 2. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Ellor Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1867 |
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Page 24
... shells are those of Littorina obtusata , the Turbo obtusatus of Linnæus , and Littorina littoralis of Forbes and Hanley . R. T. R. A .-- Your black Staghorn fungus from decayed timber is Xylaria hypoxylon , very common . W. B. MAXFIELD ...
... shells are those of Littorina obtusata , the Turbo obtusatus of Linnæus , and Littorina littoralis of Forbes and Hanley . R. T. R. A .-- Your black Staghorn fungus from decayed timber is Xylaria hypoxylon , very common . W. B. MAXFIELD ...
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... shell - less Mollusks , of the different sorts of which a most interesting ac- count is given in the valuable work on " British Mollusca , " by Prof. Forbes and Mr. Hanley . To attract attention , let us first look at these bits of ...
... shell - less Mollusks , of the different sorts of which a most interesting ac- count is given in the valuable work on " British Mollusca , " by Prof. Forbes and Mr. Hanley . To attract attention , let us first look at these bits of ...
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... shell , and that shell of a substance between true shell and leather ; it may be cut like dry leather . If we open them we find a nervous mem- brane lining this leathery case , and fixed to it at two points , corresponding to the two ...
... shell , and that shell of a substance between true shell and leather ; it may be cut like dry leather . If we open them we find a nervous mem- brane lining this leathery case , and fixed to it at two points , corresponding to the two ...
Page 36
... shell , all exhibit a hilum , and the concentric lines are larger and coarser than in most starches . Fig . 37. Potato . Fig . 38. Sweet Potato . Fig . 42. Hyacinth . Fig . 41. Arrowroot . INDIAN ARROWROOT ( Curcuma angustifolia ) ...
... shell , all exhibit a hilum , and the concentric lines are larger and coarser than in most starches . Fig . 37. Potato . Fig . 38. Sweet Potato . Fig . 42. Hyacinth . Fig . 41. Arrowroot . INDIAN ARROWROOT ( Curcuma angustifolia ) ...
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... shell butterflies ( Urtica Vanessa ) , which I have alive at this time . I may also mention that I have several carnations in full bloom in the open air - a circum- stance almost unprecedented in these parts in the month of January ...
... shell butterflies ( Urtica Vanessa ) , which I have alive at this time . I may also mention that I have several carnations in full bloom in the open air - a circum- stance almost unprecedented in these parts in the month of January ...
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