... Nature Note Hibernate is a big word. Let's see what the dictionary has to say about it: To pass the season of winter in sleep or torpor, as some animals. The bats in the belfry, and the snakes in the grass are all asleep just now. The bats are sound ...

... NATURE NOTE. Mr. Sam Banks, of Portsmouth, writes’: What a wonderful summer, so far as sunshine is concerned Myriads of whit© butterflies are to scon fluttering about the hawk weed and thistles. Wild flowers on posture land are v »ry scarce, owing, as ...

... Nature Note brown snow has weighted fronds and broken -g i flh For months ...

... NATURE NOTE, Mr. S. Banks, Portsmouth, writes: Since tha exit of the cold, wet weather, through the beautiful rainbow that spanned our lovely valley some days ago, warm, genial, and suimner weather has prevailed. Just now insect life i* astir on every ...

... NATURE NOTE \yHAT ii true time to-morrow, 0? I rack my brains, but do not know. Two hours fast the clocks will Greenwich Mean Time; yes, that's so—■ But experts tell me—experts, ho!! The cocks will crow Two hours slow; But what about the brooks that flow ...

... NATURE NOTE BY MILLWAY During Christmas readers may have made acquaintance with the pheasant partridge, etc., if only a gastronomic sense, and If you have feelings of graiiture for the appeasing of a good appetite you can do something to liquidate the ...

... NATURE NOTE. Writes W. G. in the “Yorkshire Observer *:— Few of the spring and summer species which came the woodlands to breed April favour such situations any longer. Willow warblers remain in numbers. The youngsters look much more yellow than their ...

... NATURE NOTE. Mr. S. Banks, the local naturalist, writes: June is here, and the trees and shrube are in full leaf. Blossom is less abundant than year ago, owing doubtless to much wet and a lack of sunshine. Bluebells (hyacinths) have flowered rich profusion ...

... NATURE NOTE. The failure summer weather (writes Mr. 9, Banks, Portsmouth) rather ead thing, as sunshine has a great influence over human nature. Nowadays people are more naturally inclined to be out of doors. We see people walking or-riding through the ...

... Nature Note RABBIT ME The old farm work over the gate and coppice wood whet catchers were at 0 and nets. . the bunnies holes they were ' rolled in the net and* I commented on tn and fine feeding of the old man had I was young, January meat; we meat after ...

... NATURE NOTE. have had week of grand frosty weather (writes Mr. S. Banks, of Portsmouth), more or loss tempered with sunshine. Flowers that had begun to put forth new bode have for the tiroo received setback till winter relaxes its grip. Then we shall ...

... Nature Note CATS AND Why are domestic S in frosty weather? I thrown out of doors , to get up circulation if jcS but become excited rug, playing J the warmest part of My cat has just imaginary enemy ifid down again, and is the garden. o J It takes care ...