. Pearls and pebbles, or, Notes of an old naturalist [microform]. Traill, Catherine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899; Traill, Catherine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. i il. 110 PEARLS AND PEHMLES. colored eggH on tlie chintz. I make a note of the bare fact, and leave it to be pondered over by the experienced naturalist. Besides the butterflies I have noticed in uiy old <liary, I might have named the Tortoise-shell and the two Admirals, the jed-marked one and the white. There are many others, too, which resemble in color and appear- ance species I was familiar wi
. Pearls and pebbles, or, Notes of an old naturalist [microform]. Traill, Catherine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899; Traill, Catherine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. i il. 110 PEARLS AND PEHMLES. colored eggH on tlie chintz. I make a note of the bare fact, and leave it to be pondered over by the experienced naturalist. Besides the butterflies I have noticed in uiy old <liary, I might have named the Tortoise-shell and the two Admirals, the jed-marked one and the white. There are many others, too, which resemble in color and appear- ance species I was familiar with when in England. There are the Tiger Moths, bright, gay creatures that come in at night attracted by the light of the lamp; and some large beautiful grey and rose-colored varieties with damasked wings, which shun the glare of the light and retreat to shaded corners of the walls out of sight. Our beautiful oak trees are often disfigured when in full leaf by branches of brown or withered leaves, as if some scorching blast had fallen upon them. I was standing on the lawn at my friends, the Hay- wards, admiring the glossy foliage of a group of hand- some scarlet oaks (Rahra cnccinea), one of the most beautiful of our native oaks, when my attention was drawn to one of the branches of a tine youUg tree near me which was affected by a ([uivering motion, while all the rest wei'c quite still. It was an intensely hot July day, not a breath of air stirring the leaves. Suddenly the branch parted from the tree and fell at my feet. I took it up to examine course o. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Traill, Catherine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899; FitzGibbon, Mary Agnes, 1851-1915. London : S. Low, Marston; Toronto : W. Briggs
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