... NATURE NOTES. The , wallows are leaving us and flying south again. On the you y see them gatheiing together on the telegraph wires, talking ailmug themseives as though they were story of illackberriem ripen in the hedgerows and the cornfields will soon ...

... NATURE NOTES. Mountain streams, - rippling brooklet/1. and as far as the eyes oauld see, but heather and bracken I have been . among the hills that separate Inarnebire : from Yorkshire. There & blue sky and a warm sun. I bad Provided with old olothis ...

... NATURE NOTES. Meals for Birds. - some the readers of nature notes may be able to say whether or not it harmful give birds breadcrumbs during the frost? Some people declare that it is. and that suoh birds thrushes require chopped suet or scraps of meat ...

... NATURE NOTES. Hullard Park. May I suggest to those of ycur readers interested flower culture that they should pay casual visit to Huliard Park, where, I venture to think, they will ree what will fully Tepay them for their walk. The little unpretentious ...

... NATURE NOTES. THE RETURN OF THE HOUSE MARTINS. With a favourable change of wind Nature's aspect has completely altered. Last week, we were lamenting the deaths of many swallows, which had come so far from only to die of hardship English s This week have ...

... NATURE NOTES. On dark autumn evenings when nature seems at her lowest ebb we often hear the soft mootural flight-note of the redwing. weep. a the bird travels overhead.. As I cams down William-street large numbers passed, travelling south-west, apparently ...

... NATURE NOTES. Curious Phenomenon. At Buxton, on Monday afternoon, half-past four o'clock, the sky, which had been a uniform dirty grey from early morning, suddenly became violet, or rather magenta—a reddish violet. The house where I and my friends are ...

... NATURE NOTES. Use for Elm Leaves. correspondent writes: Perhaps some of your contributors can state whether they have tried feeding swine and cattle on the leaves of the elm. I have read that these leaves dried in the sun may be stacked for use in seasons ...

... NATURE NOTES. Nuts as Fuel for the Human Machine. Your correspondent's suggestion regarding Chinese nuts a substitute for coal suggests me innumerable uses for nuts that seem to be ignored by the masses. For instance, the Brazil nut which comes to us ...

... NATURE NOTES. The Mildness of the Season. Miss F. B. Mercer, Gaw3Worth, Sidmouth. writes: It may interest your readers to knowthat the woods situated on the high ground not far from home, there is plentiful second crop of whortleberries or bilberries ...

... NATURE NOTES. The Senses Bees. Those interested bee-culture have proved that bees have a tremendous amount of reasoning power, and that most their senses are as acute as our own. Certainly they can smell, and see and taste and feel. Indeed. Lord believes ...

... NATURE NOTES. Middlewich. «2* ,Tn ' and fruit * fro? * day ° r two * m It is bright V», diBe.°T' Provided with *>th. Jt is * climb smooth sur*-of banana« t0 * beCn im P° ' J . ' and S0 1 made for S the !ea ' correspon»f« Blv biT the nelds, looking a all ...