... Nature Note LUMINOUS PLANTS Rotten wood, known as * touchwood,” possesses the remarkable property of shining in the dark, this being due to the presence of the *“spawn” or “mycelium” of tiny fungi; and this light-giving faculty is found in larger mushrooms ...

... Nature Note Vegetable Fggs It is a peculiar fact that. Nature provides great and almost ide%ti,cpl similarity of form and shape betwee her several departments, some so real and striking that it is easy to mistake one object for another that may be of ...

... • m ^ NATURE- ; NOTE S . ! -More' Indian Animals at the Zoo . Only a few wooks ago there was noted in th ,. column tho arrival in tho Zoological Park of large and interesting collection of Indian animal chiefly , deer . There has just arrived another ...

... NATURE NOTE ZANY HEN HARRIER It was reported that a hen harrier had often been seen crossing the road dividing the machair of South Uist fmr:dmedmmmm island and an presented itself for reconnaissance of a probable breeding area. The modus operandi was ...

... NATURE NOTE February song of the dipper THEnflstebbedmdmdm mthemowyeom;c. buttg; was comparatively mild a the frozen waterfalls were thawing. No wind stirred, and the long, still pools of the small river mirrored the hills. The silence was suddenly broken ...

... Nature Note A RICH VARIETY During the holidays we found a rich variety of birdlife in Central Perthshire. It started in the garden. Almost daily we had a pair of bulifinches partaking of a morning repast on the seeds of purple toadflax growing in the ...

... NATURE NOTE A lucky youngster One of the young Gannets at present growing up on the Bass Rock is lucky to be alive. When about six weeks old, long before it could fly, it fell over 200 feet into the sea, splitting open its abdomen, possibly by striking ...

... Nature Note The Effect of Colour on Plants Some 40 of 50 years ago experiments were made upon plants as to how col.our affected their growth. This has since been elaborated upon. and the results are very interesting. The experiments consist in raising ...

... Nature Note THAT PLEASANT « SMELL:J OF THE COUNTRY™™ As one walks through the countfi;iti; the human olfactory sense is gratified with the many scents that greet the nostrils, all combining toe produce the well-recognised “country perfume.” While this ...

... A Nature Note THE UNFOLDING BUD There is something really wonderful about this commonplace announcer of the coming of spring. During the winter months there has been just a brown scaly protuberance giving no hint of the exquisite internal arrangement ...

... Nature Note A ROBIN’S DISPOSITION The fact that a robin will not tolerate another robin on the special piece of ground it has marked out for itself—part of a large garden, the whole of a small one, or a portion of park or woodlandinduces the argument ...

... A NATURE NOTE FROM FLANDERS 54 Manor Road , Rugby , August 7 , 1915 . Sib , —I was surprised to see in your correspondent ' s letter entitled A- Nature Note from Flanders that the occurrence of shate appears to be so little known . It has , of ...