. Nature sketches in temperate America, a series of sketches and a popular account of insects, birds, and plants, treated from some aspects of their evolution and ecological relations . A View at the Edge of an Oak Forest in Late Summer,landscape is replete in interest for the artist, naturelover, or the thoughtful biologist. This £74 NATURE SKETCHES IN TEMPERATE AMERICA. Meadow Echoes FTER the nights shower, what a freshnesscomes over the uncultivated meadow! Itis the time of year in early July when allnature is putting forward her greatestefforts. The grasses and other flowering plantsare of
. Nature sketches in temperate America, a series of sketches and a popular account of insects, birds, and plants, treated from some aspects of their evolution and ecological relations . A View at the Edge of an Oak Forest in Late Summer,landscape is replete in interest for the artist, naturelover, or the thoughtful biologist. This £74 NATURE SKETCHES IN TEMPERATE AMERICA. Meadow Echoes FTER the nights shower, what a freshnesscomes over the uncultivated meadow! Itis the time of year in early July when allnature is putting forward her greatestefforts. The grasses and other flowering plantsare of sufficient growth to afford protection to theyoung locusts and the grasshoppers now so plentiful;also allowing the small garter snakes to easily escape unob-served. The rasping call note of the meadow lark, constantlyrepeated, hints of bird nesting, while every now and thenmoths fly up disturbed at our tramping footsteps. Theblack-eyed susans are gathered in clusters, which, viewed ata distance, appear as if the ground had been splashed here andthere with yellow amid the verdant green. If one comes cautiously upon the black-eyed susan, he maysee a little frequenter of its blossoms, but one has to be very quietin making its acquaintance. As soon as this small stripedbeetle is aware of danger, it takes a headlong tumble into thegrasses below, in this way concealing
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