... NATURE NOTES. lILBERRIEB. A marked feature of the trade of the weak is the fruit markets of the Midlands hes been the bilberry boom. As there is asbortage in the Baglush black currant crop the retail fruiterers bup up the cheap foreign bilberries reedily ...

... NATURE NOTES. At the Summer Islands, lillapoul. Roe-•hire, a large seal ramrine um 2,u. has been shot by as Island Revenue olff_er. That Scotch exciseman belongs to the breed who, when happy, want W out and day something. • • • AN ARTFUL SNAKE. Seeing ...

... NATURE NOTES. SEARS THAT MAKE ROADS. The best road-maker in Alaska, according to an Alaskan guide of many years' experience, is the brown bear. Not only are the banks of the streaau trodden into good trails by these great animals, but the swampy places ...

... NATURE NOTES. A WHITE WATER MEN. A whit* varieties of the water-bra, Wed at Stour, Dorset, lestisesitlt, hue bow reoeired at the Natural History Museu South Heosingtoa. MARVELLOUS CHRYSANTHEMUM. A chrysanthemum exhibited at the World's Fair Bower show ...

... NATURE NOTES. NILES OF STARFIBH. What is locally known as a beach kermess, has just taken place on the Belgian coast between Ostend and Illankenberghe. it takes the form of a vast deposit of starfish, thrown up by the sea in such numbers that they cover ...

... NATURE NOTES. A REMARKABLE CATCH. It is the custom of fishermen ea sane part our coasts to lay long lines of baited hooks along the water's edge at low tide for the purpose of catching the fish that come inshore to feed with the flood. A couple of years ...

... NATURE NOTES. TO ATTRACT BEES. If you want the beet to visit your geneu—andl if you know anything of plant life, you will be 'aware that they are a aecresity—invite them by having plants which bear blue blossoms. According to Lord Avebury, they manifest ...

... NATURE NOTES. ENGLISH CRAYFISH. Schemes for the restoration of nrayilsh to tribe. tariee of tho Thames, from whir* they have totally disappeared, owing to the crayfish disease, are,. the county Gentlemen understands,entertained by some of the proprietors ...

... NATURE NOTES. A HARVEST OF EELS. Over four tons of eels have been dispatched from Thorpe, in the Feu, within the Met few days, to London. They were caught u a result of a trench being cut from an overfill mere to the sea in order to set free the dud water ...

... NATURE NOTES. TRIUNE CROP. A remarkable sight is to be seen in the garden of Mr. Dumbrill, London-road, Burgess Hill. A pear tree bloomed in the early spring, the blooms set, and there was a crop of pears. It bloomed again, and there was a second crop ...

... NATURE NOTES. A SPLENDID SNAKE. In the reptile house at the London Zoological Gardens there is now to be seen a remarkably large example of the Australian carpet-python. Its length is estimated at 18ft., which is said to exceed that of the largest preciously ...

... NATURE NOTES. Er'iiiinorits4 , oll t r .) India-rabble lions@ lapped wisp day continue tepid/ imp for morn years • and Mk anions bet OM Ilos most taw poises A STORK'S' LEP i ffivam The municipal authorities d provided a kg for • kept in tar= which ens ...