The WoodlandsSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1879 - 288 páginas |
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... dead and dying lying by the wayside , and trains of vehicles , half of whose conductors are dead . Similar testimony is given by medical officers of barracks surrounded by trees , in which the inmates were almost exempt from sickness ...
... dead and dying lying by the wayside , and trains of vehicles , half of whose conductors are dead . Similar testimony is given by medical officers of barracks surrounded by trees , in which the inmates were almost exempt from sickness ...
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... dead ash in the churchyard of Lochaber which was fifty- eight feet in circumference at five feet from the ground ; and at Domrey , near Clare , in Galway , an ash stood a few years since forty - two feet in circum- ference at four feet ...
... dead ash in the churchyard of Lochaber which was fifty- eight feet in circumference at five feet from the ground ; and at Domrey , near Clare , in Galway , an ash stood a few years since forty - two feet in circum- ference at four feet ...
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... dead leaves of the beech may be seen still clinging to the branches in the depth of winter , and this is especially the case in beech hedges . Old trees do not exhibit this pecu- liarity . It may usually be observed that the ground ...
... dead leaves of the beech may be seen still clinging to the branches in the depth of winter , and this is especially the case in beech hedges . Old trees do not exhibit this pecu- liarity . It may usually be observed that the ground ...
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... dead , withered , and dry , they stand , four or five feet in height , as monuments of their 1 Sanicula Europœa . 2 Bunium flexuosum . 3 Angelica sylvestris . Heracleum spondylium . summer glory . The stems of a third species , 68 THE ...
... dead , withered , and dry , they stand , four or five feet in height , as monuments of their 1 Sanicula Europœa . 2 Bunium flexuosum . 3 Angelica sylvestris . Heracleum spondylium . summer glory . The stems of a third species , 68 THE ...
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... Dead - nettle or yellow Archangel . * 5 Of all the plants in this family none are so profuse as the Wood Sage . The whole plant has a bitter taste , and is said to have been used as a substitute for hops in brewing ; at any rate it was ...
... Dead - nettle or yellow Archangel . * 5 Of all the plants in this family none are so profuse as the Wood Sage . The whole plant has a bitter taste , and is said to have been used as a substitute for hops in brewing ; at any rate it was ...
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amongst animal ants aphides appearance autumn bark beautiful beech bees beetles birds body branches bright brown buds butterflies called capsules caterpillars cells CHARLES TOMLINSON close Cloth boards cocoon colour common creatures cultivated Cynips decay eggs entomologist Fcap feed feet female fern flies flowers forests found in woods fronds fruit fungi fungus furnish galls gardens grass green ground growing grubs habits Hawfinch hedges herbaceous hundred inches in length insects kind known larva larvæ leaf leaves legs less lichens minute moss moths nest observed odour ovipositor parasites peculiar places plants prey produced pupa quadrupeds ramble Red-backed Shrike resemble says scarcely Scotland seeds seen shell shrubs side similar smaller snails sometimes species spiders spring stem surface tion trees trunks tufts twigs undergrowth vegetable wasps whilst wild willow wings winter woodcuts woodland worm wych elm yellow young
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Página 148 - But the Nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet loud music out of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, " Lord, what music hast thou provided for the Saints in Heaven, when thou...
Página 147 - Tis the merry Nightingale That crowds, and hurries, and precipitates With fast thick warble his delicious notes, As he were fearful that an April night Would be too short for him to utter forth His love-chant, and disburthen his full soul Of all its music...
Página 93 - And, as the earth's first mercy, so they are its last gift to us. When all other service is vain, from plant and tree, the soft mosses and gray lichen take up their watch by the head-stone.
Página 59 - For him the wind, ay, and the yellow leaves, Shall have a voice, and give him eloquent teachings. He shall so hear the solemn hymn that Death Has lifted up for all, that he shall go To his long resting-place without a tear.
Página 259 - About nine an appearance very unusual began to demand our attention, a shower of cobwebs falling from very elevated regions, and continuing, without any interruption, till the close of the day.
Página 56 - O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou...
Página 35 - Whilom a twig of small regard to see, Though now so wide its waving branches flow, And work the simple vassals mickle woe ; For not a wind might curl the leaves that blew, But their limbs shudder'd and their pulse beat low, And as they look'd they found their horror grew, And shaped it into rods, and tingled at the view.
Página 8 - As the sward and moss disappear with the brushwood from the sides of the mountains, the waters falling in rain are no longer impeded in their course ; and instead of slowly augmenting the level of the rivers by progressive...
Página 253 - ... the mean number of viscid globules which occur on one-tenth of an inch of the elastic spiral line, at the ordinary degree of tension, the product will be 140, the mean number of globules deposited on seven-tenths of an inch of the elastic spiral line; this product multiplied by...