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... NATURE NOTES. - AVERS' TO St-NLICIIT. Inaceta are often very auaeerilible to ultra. violet light (which iv. of court*. a comptient of . vunlightl, aa etperinvents _by L. Raybaud has; recently shown. this fat explaining tho aversion of some specs.* to ...
... NATURE NOTES. CHAIM. The largest leaves are to be found ee trees of the palm family. The leaves of the double coco-nut palm are often thirty feet long and several feet wide; only one leaf is produced each year, and they are so strong and so firmly attached ...
... NATURE NOTES. ?MR Piano. The popular name of the beautiful ° Fi l m is derived from the feet that, during the groe;s4 the fronds usually eovered with a of moisture, witleui which protection the delicate tiastme would quickly perish. Lx It is extraordinary ...
... NATURE NOTES. MIGRATI IN The migration of the butterflies Ls a wonderful sight which may be seen ovary year in Central America. The insects, towards the end of June • cross the Isthmus of Panama, and for • week or more, ia untold millions, they put out ...
... NATURE NOTES. •••••41.•••••• sIAIA Swear ow LAND AND Sm. Seals sleep upon land; they also do so Boating on their backs in the sea. This habit they mostly indulge in when the weather is fine and the sea PLANTS THAT Orr ANGST. The angry tree, s woody ...
... NATURE NOTES. Experiments have proved that if lab re§ much above or below their accustomed depth in the sea they die from the change of the pressure of the water. FOE VARISTIII. From remote ages the sea has bees peopled with fishes, some of which at a ...
... NATURE NOTES. TRRY CRAM'S COLOUR. In the oosan off ths shores of Bermuda, there is one species of fish which adapt to that of tie rocks and reefs r it swims. The Ash . possesses this power. Its pc runs through a considerable range A specimen of the ordinary ...
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... NATURE NOTES; TEI PROLITIX BAVANA. Of all the vegetables whicli tarnish nourishment to man, the banana is the most prolc. A sing; u cluster often contains from 180 to pods, and weighs from iizty to . eighty that a piece of land of square yards will produce ...
... NATURE NOTES. Azov. ALL. What bird reaches the greatest height in flight? The condor, undoubtedly, assert, • naturalist ia eking of the feats of high-flying birds. This huge creature of the Andes lilts Itself to a height where no sound is heard, save ...
... NATURE NOTES. INIBBOT. The largest insect yet discovered is sup posed to be • grasshopper of the Karoo Desert, in South Africa. Its spread of wings Is ten inches. TEAT 221 b. A five-petalled flower, nearly • yard in diameter, is found in the Philippine ...
... NATURE NOTES. A Lain. In the of tenon, one of the Ones, a lily or tap with a black Bower, sight or inches across, has dissovered. It Sowers before the leaves appear, and an odour of tainted fifth, which attracts insects to it for the purpose of fertilisation ...