Half-hours in the Green Lanes: a Book for a Country StrollDavid Bogue, 1879 - 328 pages |
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... ferns - Our British species of ferns - The Brake - Early stages of fern's growth - The Adder's Tongue -Maiden - hair - Development of Fern spores - Oak Fern- Common Polypody - Hart's Tongue - Male and Female Ferns -Holly Ferns - Royal Fern ...
... ferns - Our British species of ferns - The Brake - Early stages of fern's growth - The Adder's Tongue -Maiden - hair - Development of Fern spores - Oak Fern- Common Polypody - Hart's Tongue - Male and Female Ferns -Holly Ferns - Royal Fern ...
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... ferns are growing most thickly . There you may expect to find its nest , loosely but symmetrically made , but so cleverly woven together and lined with fine material , that its apparent lightness is thus more than atoned for . In this ...
... ferns are growing most thickly . There you may expect to find its nest , loosely but symmetrically made , but so cleverly woven together and lined with fine material , that its apparent lightness is thus more than atoned for . In this ...
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... rushes and grasses really need nothing of the kind . Ferns have long held a high place in public estimation , on account of their superior attraction of form , and such a fact CHAPTER IX THE RUSHES, GRASSES, AND FERNS OF THE GREEN LANES.
... rushes and grasses really need nothing of the kind . Ferns have long held a high place in public estimation , on account of their superior attraction of form , and such a fact CHAPTER IX THE RUSHES, GRASSES, AND FERNS OF THE GREEN LANES.
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... or brickearth . You may generally find it in abundance in deserted brickfields , which it is the first to inhabit . It makes its appearance as a dense carpet of minute , bright green threads THE RUSHES , GRASSES , AND FERNS . 261.
... or brickearth . You may generally find it in abundance in deserted brickfields , which it is the first to inhabit . It makes its appearance as a dense carpet of minute , bright green threads THE RUSHES , GRASSES , AND FERNS . 261.
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... . vulpina ) , is another abundant species . It is sometimes called the Great Sedge , for it not unfrequently grows to the height of three feet . All the sedges may readily be identified THE RUSHES , GRASSES , AND FERNS . 263.
... . vulpina ) , is another abundant species . It is sometimes called the Great Sedge , for it not unfrequently grows to the height of three feet . All the sedges may readily be identified THE RUSHES , GRASSES , AND FERNS . 263.
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