. All about country life : being a dictionary of rural avocations, and of knowledge necessary to the management of the farm, the stable, the stockyard, and a gentleman's out of town residence and property. Agriculture; Country life. 244 ALL AnoVT COUNTRY LiPE. Pjrralis Rostralis. PYRALIS ROSTRALIS. Tlie hop-vine snout-moth, a cater- pillar that feeds on the leaves of the nop, nettle, and birch. PYRETHRUM PARTHENITTM, Or Common Feverfew, is a biennial weed found in hedges and waste places. It is prized by herbalists, having high medical properties. i§5s A bird of game, not very numerous
. All about country life : being a dictionary of rural avocations, and of knowledge necessary to the management of the farm, the stable, the stockyard, and a gentleman's out of town residence and property. Agriculture; Country life. 244 ALL AnoVT COUNTRY LiPE. Pjrralis Rostralis. PYRALIS ROSTRALIS. Tlie hop-vine snout-moth, a cater- pillar that feeds on the leaves of the nop, nettle, and birch. PYRETHRUM PARTHENITTM, Or Common Feverfew, is a biennial weed found in hedges and waste places. It is prized by herbalists, having high medical properties. i§5s A bird of game, not very numerous in this country, but pretty universally diffused over Europe, Asia, and Africa. They are birds of passage, and immense flocks are often seen traversing the Mediterranean on their passage back- wards and forwards between Europe and Africa. QITAKING GRASS (Briza media). A perennial grass, which giows on poor soils of every variety of texture. aUARRY. A i)it whence stones are taken. QUART. The fourth part of a gallon. QUARTZ. Rock-crystal, often called Diamond, as Bristol diamond, Cornish diamond, Quebec diamond. The prevalent colour is white. QUERN". A hand-milL QUICK-GRASS. Dog-grass. Rabbit. QUINCE (Pyrus cydonia.). 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 London : Ward, Lock, and Tyler
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