Scottish Naturalist and Journal of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science, Volume 7Francis Buchanan White White Cowan & Company, 1884 |
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Page 59 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Page 110 - There's fennel for you, and columbines; there's rue for you; and here's some for me; we may call it herb of grace o' Sundays. O, you must wear your rue with a difference.
Page 172 - The eternal regions. Lowly reverent Towards either throne they bow, and to the ground With solemn adoration down they cast Their crowns inwove with amarant and gold ; Immortal amarant, a flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom...
Page 148 - The Secretaries of each Section shall be instructed to transmit to the Secretaries of the Conference of Delegates copies of any recommendations forwarded by the Presidents of Sections to the Committee of Recommendations bearing...
Page 148 - Section shall be instructed to transmit to the Secretaries of the Conference of Delegates copies of any recommendations forwarded by the Presidents of Sections to the Committee of Recommendations bearing upon matters in which the co-operation of Corresponding Societies is desired ; and the Secretaries of the Conference of Delegates shall invite the authors of these recommendations to attend the meetings of the Conference and give verbal explanations of their objects and of the precise way in which...
Page 48 - Post 8vo, 6s. The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the same Species.
Page 269 - No date is mentioned. It is thus clearly evident that he distinguished it as a new species. The only British species with which it can be confounded is T. caninum, from which it may be distinguished by its leaves, smooth on both sides, its usually two-flowered spikelets, and its want of the long awn ; it also appears to be a more slender plant, with narrower leaves.
Page 132 - A great migratory wave moves to and from the nesting-quarters of the birds, in the coldest part of their range, — north-east in the spring, and south-west in the autumn. Quite independent of this, there is a continual stream of immigrants, week by week and month by month, to the eastern shores of these islands, coming directly across Europe from east to west, or more commonly four points south of east to north of west, and the reverse in the spring.
Page 96 - Journal of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union and General Field Club Record. Edited by CP HOBKIRK, FLS, and GT POHBITT, FLS Monthly price -id. or is. per annum (in advance). Containing Original Articles on Natural- History subjects; Papers read at Meetings of Natural- History Societies and Field Clubs; Reports of Meetings and Excursions ; Notes and Queries ; Exchanges, &c. The Volume commences August in each year; Volume IX.
Page 131 - Goldcrests, perching on the ledges of the window-panes of the lighthouse, preening their feathers in the glare of the lamps. On the 29th all the island swarmed with them, filling the gardens and over all the cliff — hundreds of thousands. By 9 am most of them had passed on again.