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... - the hay in the meadows - the deer , the cattle , and the sheep in the parks and lawns - he knows exactly what England looked like at its merriest , in the days when it was first called merry . to the And no one who looks on such a.
... - the hay in the meadows - the deer , the cattle , and the sheep in the parks and lawns - he knows exactly what England looked like at its merriest , in the days when it was first called merry . to the And no one who looks on such a.
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... called by the Latins ; its Saxon name - Physical defence of Plants from frost - The Throstle , the Nuthatch - Reappear- ance of Worms and Slugs - Hedge - sparrows , Thrush , and Blackbird sing - Hens lay - Early Lambs - Habits of ...
... called by the Latins ; its Saxon name - Physical defence of Plants from frost - The Throstle , the Nuthatch - Reappear- ance of Worms and Slugs - Hedge - sparrows , Thrush , and Blackbird sing - Hens lay - Early Lambs - Habits of ...
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... called , the very variety of the weather itself presents an almost endless source of novelty and beauty . There is first what is called - A GREAT STORM . Frost , keen , biting frost , is in the ground ; and in the air , a bitter ...
... called , the very variety of the weather itself presents an almost endless source of novelty and beauty . There is first what is called - A GREAT STORM . Frost , keen , biting frost , is in the ground ; and in the air , a bitter ...
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... called in some counties bird- moping ; and in this manner are destroyed great numbers of pheasants , thrushes , black- birds , besides innumerable small birds . With all these enemies , and these various modes of destruction , it is ...
... called in some counties bird- moping ; and in this manner are destroyed great numbers of pheasants , thrushes , black- birds , besides innumerable small birds . With all these enemies , and these various modes of destruction , it is ...
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... called it Anthesterion , or , the Flowery , from the quantity of flowers used at the feast of Bacchus ; but our present name is derived from the Latin , Janus , door - keeper of heaven , and god of peace ; the name , therefore , in ...
... called it Anthesterion , or , the Flowery , from the quantity of flowers used at the feast of Bacchus ; but our present name is derived from the Latin , Janus , door - keeper of heaven , and god of peace ; the name , therefore , in ...
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aliis Alpine amongst autumn Azalea banks beauty bees behold birds blue bogs boughs Broad-leaved Butterfly CALENDAR OF BRITISH Chalky Cnicus coast comes April comes Aug comes Dec comes Nov comes Oct Common corn Corn-fields creatures cum mult Curruca delightful Ditches earth eggs Eringo Fieldfare fields flowers forest fresh Fritillary frost Fumitory Gardens Globe-flower goes Feb goes Sept Goosander grass green Haunts Hawkweed heart Hipparchia Hornbeam insects John's-wort larvæ leaves Marsh MARY HOWITT Meadows and pastures Moist month Moth mountains mult Nature nest numbers Orchis Phlox plants pleasant poets Polyommatus pools Primula Purple Rest-Harrow Rhododendron rivers rocks Sandy places Saxifrage Scotland Sea-shore season SELECT CALENDAR snow species Spiræa spirit spring Star of Bethlehem streams summer sweet thou trees tures Viburnum vulgaris Waste ground Watery places White wild Willow winter Woods and hedges Yellow young Zinnia