Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club1898 |
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... East coast of Great Britain in the winter of 1894-95 , by John Cordeaux , M.B.O.U. ... ... ... Second Field Meeting , Friday , June 28th . - Wapley Camp , The Rodd , and Presteign ... ... 37 + 33 A chat about Conifers . The beautiful ...
... East coast of Great Britain in the winter of 1894-95 , by John Cordeaux , M.B.O.U. ... ... ... Second Field Meeting , Friday , June 28th . - Wapley Camp , The Rodd , and Presteign ... ... 37 + 33 A chat about Conifers . The beautiful ...
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... East Dorget , on the 28th of April , the hedges were past their glory , while the rhododendrons , even in the woods , where they flower later than in the open , had done flowering some time before June began . Mr. Southall mentions that ...
... East Dorget , on the 28th of April , the hedges were past their glory , while the rhododendrons , even in the woods , where they flower later than in the open , had done flowering some time before June began . Mr. Southall mentions that ...
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... east of the highest summit . This precipice is about 600 feet high , and affords these fine birds a retreat quite secure from molestation . They also breed yearly in a precipitous ravine on another side of the Beacons , generally in an ...
... east of the highest summit . This precipice is about 600 feet high , and affords these fine birds a retreat quite secure from molestation . They also breed yearly in a precipitous ravine on another side of the Beacons , generally in an ...
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... east coast , the other starting at Land's End and ending at the mouth of the Thames , it will be found that they ... eastern parts of England had storms of a force varying from 9 to 11 on the Beaufort scale . With regard to the velocity ...
... east coast , the other starting at Land's End and ending at the mouth of the Thames , it will be found that they ... eastern parts of England had storms of a force varying from 9 to 11 on the Beaufort scale . With regard to the velocity ...
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... east . The mean annual rainfall at Nantgwilt is 68 inches . A practical remark may be added to Mr. Moore's very interesting account of the Rhayader excursion . When the Birmingham water scheme was contem- plated it was feared that the ...
... east . The mean annual rainfall at Nantgwilt is 68 inches . A practical remark may be added to Mr. Moore's very interesting account of the Rhayader excursion . When the Birmingham water scheme was contem- plated it was feared that the ...
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