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... NATURE NOTES Water lilies and weasels in l sthe stretches yellow Of ,tIA D riversand m water lily now thrusts its blooms above die surface of the water. with its oval green leaves floating on the surface and appearing like large mats. After flowering ...

... NATURE NOTES Scarcity of butterflies CCIPARID with 29-30 years go. over the countryside an general. coloured butterflies are itarce these days. Smell numbers flit along railway embankmentssplendid reserves for wild life along roadside hedgbanks and in ...

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... NATURE NOTES. THE MYSTERY OF SCENT. I In different parte of 1 , .• country, thouo in similar cirew.aLanoes, litevit! of Anl there is no eon)); o or of ve.r.tv direr sli:ity trail a, ch other in sac .t. Ast runs tan rabbit , for ,iinner by scent slow. ...

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... NATURE NOTES. LADY BIRD. The ladybird should be a welcome visitor, ama cue which we should often be thanaf al to IMO in great swarms during the summer months. For the ladybia is the deadly enemy of the dreaded aphis, a. green fly, from whose attacks scarcely ...

... NATURE NOTES. A Rosales Boma. • robin recently took up its abode to • !oriel shop in the main street of Leicerter. It Lis in and out of the shop during the day, in a haeket hanging from the ceiling, and taken graws from the hoods of the assistant d. ...

... NATURE NOTES. CHIFF- CHAFFS STILL CALLING, [Specially Contributed-] daring th© part fortnight the chewy note of the chiff-chaff has boon borne through breakfert room window the morning breeze from the coppice, and the welcome sound was heard as late as ...

... NATURE NOTES. A HAUNTER OF THE HEDGEROWS. A shapely little butterfly, with brownish. orange wings deeply bordered with dark brown, . and usually an eye, or black spot, enclosing two little white dots, near the tips of the forswings, is the Gatekeeper ...