. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. CHAPTER XXXVI AN UNEXPECTED GUEST Thb Turnvs, Papilio tumu$ **A golden Initterfly, upon whose wings There must be surely character'*! strange things.'. A TULIP tree grew in the yard of our new home, and soon after we took possession of the place, the little invalid mother and I watched with interest the unfolding of the odd-shaped leaves. These had been tucked away within the brown winter buds so that each occupied a mini- mum of space. Lat
. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. CHAPTER XXXVI AN UNEXPECTED GUEST Thb Turnvs, Papilio tumu$ **A golden Initterfly, upon whose wings There must be surely character'*! strange things.'. A TULIP tree grew in the yard of our new home, and soon after we took possession of the place, the little invalid mother and I watched with interest the unfolding of the odd-shaped leaves. These had been tucked away within the brown winter buds so that each occupied a mini- mum of space. Later, when the flowers appeared, great greenish-yellow blossoms, the little invalid spent much of her time under the tree, for its beauty was a delight to us both, and the warm spring days made out- of-doors doubly dear because of the long months in the sick- room. During May we noticed bright straw-color and black butter- flies with long tails about the tree, attracted, as we then sup- posed, by the nectar of the flowers; the little mother made the discovery that some of these butterflies had blue scales upon 236 JfU't^'P*'-,. 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 Robertson-Miller, Ellen, 1859-1937. Toronto : McClelland & Goodchild
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