THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



LOCAL LISTS. 



The Geometrina of Plymouth and vicinity. 

 (Continued from p. 116.) 

 By G. C. BIGNELL, M.E.S. 



Melantliia rubiginaUi. — Rare. July. Cann 



Wood, Bickleigh, Radford. 

 M. ocellata. — Common. May and June. Plym- 



stock, Bickleigh, riymbridge. 

 Melanippe tristata. — Rare in the vicinity of 



Plymouth. June. Crabtree, common on 



Blackdown (between Kingsbridge Road 



and Kingsbridge). 

 M. unangulata. — Not common. June and 



July. Bickleigh. 

 M. rivata. — Common. July and August. 



Bickleigh, Hartley, and almost ever}* wood 



and damp lane. 

 M. biriviata. — Common. May and July. 



Lanes and hedgerows. 



SALE OR EXCHANGE. 



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 from time to time that they have to dispose 

 of, or wish to purchase, books that are out of 

 print, cabinets which they have displaced for 

 larger ones, and other similar articles, that 

 we have thought it would be a convenience 

 if such announcements could be made public. 

 We trust the following regulations will be 

 what are required for the purpose, and that 

 our readers will find the column an advan- 

 tage. This will in no way interfere with our 

 ordinary exchanges of specimens. 



REGULATIONS. 



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Books on Natural History or Scientific 

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3. Where the address is published, the words 



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 The above regulations are published now 

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THE PRIMROSE. 



( Primula vulgaris.) 

 By J. P. Soutter, Bishop Auckland. 



" How sweet thy modest unaffected pride 

 I Glows on the sunny bank and woods warm side; 

 j And where thy fairy flowers in groups are found 



The schoolboy roams enchantedly along ; 

 : Plucking the fairest with a rude delight, 

 I While the meek shepherd stops his simple song 

 \ To gaze a moment on the pleasing sight ; 

 j O'erjoyed to see the flowers that truly bring 

 j The welcome news of sweet returning spring. 



How many tender recollections rush into 



the mind at sight of the first primrose of 



spring, " Nature's first pale darling of the 



year." How many sweet associations' of 



childhood's joyous hours cluster round the 



bosky dell, or sunny hedge bank, where we 



plucked the meek-eyed flowrets— half hidden, 



yet peeping shyly forth from the sheltering 



nest of their pale green leaves, and scenting 



the still keen air of spring with their faint, 



yet delicious, perfume. So full of poetry is 



