Three Kingdoms: A Handbook of the Agassiz AssociationWriters Publishing Company, 1888 - 167 páginas |
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Página 152 - In the manuscripts of God." And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvellous tale.
Página 65 - Send as full an account as possible of the habits of the insect respecting which you desire information ; for example, what plant or plants it infests ; whether it destroys the leaves, the buds, the twigs, or the stem ; how long it has been known to you ; what amount of damage it has done, etc. Such particulars are often not only of high scientific interest, but of great practical importance.
Página 65 - All inquiries about insects, injurious or otherwise, should be accompanied by specimens, the more the better. Such specimens, if dead, should be packed in some soft material, as cotton or wool, and inclosed in some stout tin or wooden box. They will come by mail for one cent per ounce. Insects should never be inclosed loose in the letter. Whenever possible, larvae (ie, grubs, caterpillars, maggots, etc...
Página 65 - ... their appropriate food sufficient to last them on their journey ; otherwise, they generally die on the road and shrivel up. Send as full an account as possible of the habits of the insect respecting which you desire information; for example, what plant or plants it infests; whether it destroys the leaves, the buds, the...
Página 152 - Or tell a more marvellous tale. So she keeps him still a child, And will not let him go, Though at times his heart beats wild For the beautiful Pays de Vaud ; Though at times he hears in his dreams The Ranz des Vaches of old, And the rush of mountain streams From glaciers clear and cold ; And the mother at home says, " Hark ! For his voice I listen and yearn ; It is growing late and dark, And my boy does not return !
Página 146 - In increasing numbers, men and women of mature years, feeling the need of that scientific training which the schools of their childhood failed to give, are organizing societies, joining their influence to our association, and receiving in return the benefits coming from united endeavor and from enthusiastic devotion to a common cause. But, excellent as the work of all these chapters is, we have found some needed work beyond their individual attainment. A general convention, for example, could hardly...
Página 147 - ... so diverse. We are of all ages, of varying capacities and differing desires, living in places widely distant and strangely different. Some of us pick our violets in June, others in January. But there is a common ground on which all stand, — love for nature, and desire to learn. And there is^one principle that underlies and determines the methods of our study.
Página 154 - LIGHT SCIENCE for LEISURE HOURS; a Series of Familiar Essays on Scientific Subjects, Natural Phenomena, &c. By RA PEOCTOR, BAFRA8.
Página 66 - In sending soft insects or larvie that have been killed in alcohol, they should be packed in cotton saturated with alcohol. In sending pinned or mounted insects, always pin them securely in a box to be inclosed in a larger box, the space between the two boxes to be packed with some soft or elastic material, to prevent too violent jarring. Packages should be marked with the name of the sender.
Página 136 - I take an humour of a thing once, I am like your tailor's needle, I go through: but, for my name, signior, how think you ? will it not serve for a gentleman's name, when the signior is put to it, ha?