... “ Two Unusual Plants ™ “Elmwood,” Moffat, July 24 1855 Sir,—l was interested to read the Nature Note of “J. M. B.” in_“The Scotsman of Saturday, 23rd. on Erinus Alpinus. About 35 years ago 1 found this plant growing in profusion on the Roman ruin at ...

... Butterfly Orchids Gillean House. Tarskavaig, Isle of Skye, July 18, 1955 Sir,—~The Nature Note from “W. H.” in your Saturday's issue interested me much, for I, too, look forward every summer to the profusion of the butterfly orchid which grows all around ...

... Grass Snakes 12 Craighall Gardens, Trinity, Edlnbu&\, December 16, 1 Sir—l was much interested in “T. H. G's Nature Note on grass snakes in your issue of 12th December. In my travels all over Scotland during the past 28 years, I have seen only one grass ...

... Yew-Eating Deer West Manor House, Whalton, Morpeth, Northumberl,nd. February 3, 1953 Sir.—l was interested in your Nature Note under this heading in your issue of January 31st. Roe deer—they are numerous now in Northumberland—have been in the habit of ...

... Ladvhirds’ Shelter Annfield House, Manor Street. Forfar, April 8, 1956 Sir.—l was interested in “C. P. R's” Nature Note on the hibernation of ladybirds. ki 7 gy O 8 On a sunny afternoon about 10 davs before Christmas, and, with my Christmas table decorations ...

... building and egg laying the garden warbler warbles in lont wg:iereu the flyutc;ler has % low, wea chirp. As was mentioned in my Nature Note, one very noticeable thing about the garden warbler is its habit of returnlt;fn each year to the same spot for nesting, ...

... Testa. ment narrative—was composed. and about the “flags” in which the ark sheltered Your contributor, “D. A. T.” in his Nature Note, had said that the confu. sion about “bulrushes® might be due in large measure to the translators anq illustrators of the ...

... Oiled Sea Birds Monifieth, Angus, Sgptember 20, 1952 Sir,—On reading the Nature Note in your issue to-day on the treatment of oiled sea birds, I was rather distressed to see that a recovery of 12 per cent. had merited the heading “ Success of Bathing ...

... Marking Grey Seals Oban.‘Argyll. January 10.“1953 Sir.—l was much interested in the Nature Note in your isssue to-day on the above subject, because 1 was flatly contradicted when 1 stated in my book, “Highland Naturalist Again,” that grey seals are constantly ...

... Foxes within Edinburgh City boundary 95 Spottiswoode Street. Edinburgh, July 22, 1957 o . Sir—l read “S. K’'s” interesting Nature Note in your issue last Saturday. Some time ago, knowing that foxes were f{requenting a southern district of the city and suspecting ...

... Flowering of Gentian 26 Gladstone Place. Aberdeen, May 24, 1953 Sir,—On May 23 your corresponden! “A. M.,” contributing a Nature Note on “Moray Flower and Feather,” made reference to a member of the genus Gentiana at present in bloom. I quote: “ A path of ...

... the intelligent visitor, and is also very useful as a work of reference, The Lord Provost writes a eulogistic foreword. Nature Note If the good news has not already reached you (writes a reade.), you may be interested to hear that the two swans on the ...