The Youth's Book of Nature: Or, The Four Seasons Illustrated: Being Familiar Descriptions of Natural History, Made During Walks in the Country, Volumes 1-2D. Appleton & Company, 1845 - Nature study |
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Page 15
... cowslip , honeysuckle , violet , nightshade , currant , gooseberry , ivy , periwinkle , polyanthus , auricula , hops , elm , carrot , hemlock , parsnip , parsley , caraway , elder , and chickweed . The primrose has but one pointal ; it ...
... cowslip , honeysuckle , violet , nightshade , currant , gooseberry , ivy , periwinkle , polyanthus , auricula , hops , elm , carrot , hemlock , parsnip , parsley , caraway , elder , and chickweed . The primrose has but one pointal ; it ...
Page 52
... cowslips from the verdant mead . Again , by the thick copse , you will pause to hear the nightingale's enchanting song . The fine blossoms , reflecting all the vivid tints of the bow of heaven , will once more adorn your orchard and ...
... cowslips from the verdant mead . Again , by the thick copse , you will pause to hear the nightingale's enchanting song . The fine blossoms , reflecting all the vivid tints of the bow of heaven , will once more adorn your orchard and ...
Page 54
... . We forgot our science amidst the enjoy- ment of its fragrance . We have already had several flowers of the same lass . The primrose , and the cowslip , belong to it . Here are five stamens , it must be of the 54 . SPRING .
... . We forgot our science amidst the enjoy- ment of its fragrance . We have already had several flowers of the same lass . The primrose , and the cowslip , belong to it . Here are five stamens , it must be of the 54 . SPRING .
Page 82
... COWSLIPS - BUTTERCUPS - THE REDSTART - THE LADYBIRD - THE DRAGON- FLY THE WHOLE CREATION SUSTAINED BY THE DIVINE BOUNTY . THE whole creation is awake , Robert ; we will take a walk through the meadows into the wood , before the ...
... COWSLIPS - BUTTERCUPS - THE REDSTART - THE LADYBIRD - THE DRAGON- FLY THE WHOLE CREATION SUSTAINED BY THE DIVINE BOUNTY . THE whole creation is awake , Robert ; we will take a walk through the meadows into the wood , before the ...
Page 97
... cowslip ; then there is the double yellow cowslip ; the scarlet cow- slip , and the hose - in - hose cowslip , one flower growing out of the bosom of another . I have seen some of the last kind , Papa ; they are very pretty . The ...
... cowslip ; then there is the double yellow cowslip ; the scarlet cow- slip , and the hose - in - hose cowslip , one flower growing out of the bosom of another . I have seen some of the last kind , Papa ; they are very pretty . The ...
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animals autumn beautiful bees belongs Bernard Barton birds blossoms butterfly called cells chaffinch cold coleoptera colour covered cowslip creature cuckoo delightful devour divine earth Edward eggs eight eyes feathers feed feet field fish flies flowers formed four frost fruit garden grass green ground ground ivy hand heavens Hemiptera hundred hymenoptera inches insect kind labour Lapland leaves light Linnæus Linnean system live lobster Lord Brougham naturalist nest never night observed orange colour Papa plant pointals pounds weight praise pretty rain readily recollect remarkable rix-dollars says season seeds seen sing singular snow song species spider spring stamens summer swallow sweet tail tell thee things thou thought thousand tree Triandria Vincent Bourne wag-tail walk warm wasps whilst whole wings winter wisdom wonderful yellow young