... NATURE NOTE. A remarkable illustration of Nature's wonderful protection of the defenceless is supplied by the case of the guillemot's gg. This bird usually lays its eggs on a ledge of rock or cliff, about one of the most unsafe places possible you would ...

... Nature Note. This spring has hten one of the Lest experienced for several years. Seed has been put into a responsive soil, and the work was carried out without delay. Showers of ruin have helped. It is to be hoped tho weather will continue favourable ...

... NATURE NOTE. Hay-making is now in full swing, and the noiQe of the machine and the shout of the driver as he reins his team comes floating on the summer breeze. in a nearby field the white and pink convolvuhis—the field bindweed—is making itself a nuisance ...

... NATURE NOTE LURED out by the fitful Funshine of the early year, the modest bud of the lesser grubwort can be seen peering through the dead leaves in the lane, while the little agaricus campestris may (or 'pay not) be spotted peeping nervously round the ...

... ' NATURE NOTE. • A Month arreepoadent a isaavarater which is said to halm takes plass on the Cruehan seIOgAiILIZIS I A bill fez. it stated. as &ma Iry seem; the l og soar, whoa a third to the fray and. intwitholandiap th e se e me r e • powerful radistaans ...

... Nature Note Most of the plants in flower during the • winter months are those commonly Winter known as weeds. Although regarded as Weeds. objects of scorn, such flowers are always of some interest, and in many cases can even be described as beautiful ...

... NATURE NOTE. The Bird's Eye Primrose is not a very amnion flower, but it is a very pretty one •t prefers boggy The flowers grosi .ii !lusters on the top of a stalk. The buds are bluish, but the flower, which is only small, is pink with black marks. They ...

... NATURE NOTE London Birds.—The Wood Pigeon. THE bird population of London is 'extremely interesting, and very hard to understand. Thus whereas the Rook, a comparatively tame bird which frequently builds close to houses (as in the heart of Folkestone), ...

... NATURE NOTE Delicacies from Sea Shore. It is a well-known fact that French people eat many dishes which are despised or neglected in this country only because It is not our custom to consider such things as food. The traveller on the north coast of Prance ...

... NATURE NOTE. There I. one spot in our district—the only one, to my knowledge, for many miles aroundwhi..•o that lobster-like muster. an. the any-fish, occurs. At this particular pool, curiously enough it is abundant. It progresses along the bottom of ...

... NATURE NOTE. I saw from window yesterday morning that large black and white cat had climbed up tall tree on the other side of the avenue, only find that he could not get down again. vain twined round -and round, one moment tninkiiig he would try to jump ...

... NATURE NOTE London Trees.—The Willows. WILLOW trees are usually found in moist places such as river banks and water meadows, and thus we cannot expect to find them very much within our city. Yet, they are to be seen in several of our open places—such ...