Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 240William Blackwood, 1936 - England |
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Page 76
THE CONQUEST OF PRICKLY PEAR IN AUSTRALIA . BY GEORGE BERRIE . - that a Darling Downs farmer birds - more especially. " IN the window of a Regent Street florist there is a healthy potted specimen of the common opuntia , or prickly pear ...
THE CONQUEST OF PRICKLY PEAR IN AUSTRALIA . BY GEORGE BERRIE . - that a Darling Downs farmer birds - more especially. " IN the window of a Regent Street florist there is a healthy potted specimen of the common opuntia , or prickly pear ...
Page 78
... pear well in hand . Most men , however , who attempted this process , merely gave the pear they scattered an excellent seed - bed , to which it took gratefully . Poison was called on to play its part . It was effective enough , but too ...
... pear well in hand . Most men , however , who attempted this process , merely gave the pear they scattered an excellent seed - bed , to which it took gratefully . Poison was called on to play its part . It was effective enough , but too ...
Page 80
... pear had vanished , and the number of caterpillars which had attacked it baffles calcu- lation . I once counted the เ egg - sticks ' on a small bunch -one which could have been chopped up with several strokes of a hoe . There were one ...
... pear had vanished , and the number of caterpillars which had attacked it baffles calcu- lation . I once counted the เ egg - sticks ' on a small bunch -one which could have been chopped up with several strokes of a hoe . There were one ...
Contents
A COMPOSITE COMMANDO BY H C MAYDON | 204 |
ACROSS THE THRESHOLD BY JAMES LORIMER | 230 |
AFOOT ON THE ARCTIC HIGHWAY BY MATT MARSHALL | 363 |
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