Glimpses of Nature, and Objects of Interest Described, During a Visit to the Isle of Wight |
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... FLOWER GARDEN " FACTS FROM THE WORLD OF NATURE , " ETC. Second Edition A WITH ADDITIONS AND FORTY - TWO ILLUSTRATIONS . LONDON : GRANT AND GRIFFITH , SUCCESSORS TO JOHN HARRIS , CORNER OF ST . PAUL'S CHURCH - YARD . M.DCCC.XLVIII ...
... FLOWER GARDEN " FACTS FROM THE WORLD OF NATURE , " ETC. Second Edition A WITH ADDITIONS AND FORTY - TWO ILLUSTRATIONS . LONDON : GRANT AND GRIFFITH , SUCCESSORS TO JOHN HARRIS , CORNER OF ST . PAUL'S CHURCH - YARD . M.DCCC.XLVIII ...
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... ON A FLORET OF THE FLOWERING RUSH 206 33. RYDE - PIER 214 34. RIBBED MUSSEL 215 35. TIGER BEETLES 219 36. HELIX VIRGATA ; BULIMUS ARTICULATUS 222 37. ARMS OF Germany 228 GLIMPSES OF NATURE ; OR , A VISIT TO THE X ILLUSTRATIONS .
... ON A FLORET OF THE FLOWERING RUSH 206 33. RYDE - PIER 214 34. RIBBED MUSSEL 215 35. TIGER BEETLES 219 36. HELIX VIRGATA ; BULIMUS ARTICULATUS 222 37. ARMS OF Germany 228 GLIMPSES OF NATURE ; OR , A VISIT TO THE X ILLUSTRATIONS .
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... flowers , for it has perfect seeds ; and all plants that have perfect seeds must have flowers . The flowers of the wheat are , however , inconspicuous , as they have no petals . " While this conversation was passing , the train had kept ...
... flowers , for it has perfect seeds ; and all plants that have perfect seeds must have flowers . The flowers of the wheat are , however , inconspicuous , as they have no petals . " While this conversation was passing , the train had kept ...
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... flowers in the corn - fields they were passing . " Those poppies are very pretty , certainly , " said Agnes ; " and I should admire them very much in a garden ; but I do not like them in a corn field , be- cause papa says they are a ...
... flowers in the corn - fields they were passing . " Those poppies are very pretty , certainly , " said Agnes ; " and I should admire them very much in a garden ; but I do not like them in a corn field , be- cause papa says they are a ...
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... flowers are falling , and then to wound the unripe capsule of each flower with a double - bladed lancet , so that the milky juice may exude . This milky juice be- comes candied by the heat of the sun ; and , being scraped off the ...
... flowers are falling , and then to wound the unripe capsule of each flower with a double - bladed lancet , so that the milky juice may exude . This milky juice be- comes candied by the heat of the sun ; and , being scraped off the ...
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