... NATURE NOTES. FROM THE SOUDAN ...

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... NATURE NOTES. STOATS AND WEASELS EATING FROGS, ...

... NATURE NOTES. ARE THERE TWO VARIETIES OF CHAFFINCH ? [Specially Contributed.] Mr. G. J. Popplerwcll, of Small Heath, raises point in connection with the nidification of the chaffinch which is of interest in view of th© suggestion often put forward that ...

... nature notes. SOME PESTS OP SOUDAN. CoirrBIBUTKD.I the disadrantagea mcidcntaJ to c*irixit« which peculiarly favourable the p*x»ling of ■bncuasa, msccta, and other pests winch arc injurions mankind, animals, rtorea, and abhor goods, the papulation the ...

... NATURE NOTES TEA PLANTS An interesting shrub, naturalised in some hedges, the Duke of Argyll's tea-plant, has arching stems which bear solitary purple flowers with flve petal-like lobes and long, protruding yellow anthers. The fruit is a scarlet egg-shaped ...

... NATURE NOTES. THE QUEEN OF FLOWERB —THE ROBE. All people who are capable of applauding the beauty and sweetness of the the floral kingdom love roses. There is as ibis more charming dower in the unionise its the rose. It has been admired awi through all ...

... NATURE NOTES THE BLOSSOM OF THE HAWTHORN. rSPKCIAI.LT CONTKrBUTID.I The -modern arrangement fiho calendar has suggestion incongruity moefa of our old folklore and nomenclature. May blossom w»a -well named according the old stylo of reckoning, but it is ...

... NATURE NOTES. [SrxciALLT Contributed.] For the time being I hare forsaken favourite haunts in the neighbourhood of Birmingham, and spending holiday little seaside town on the Sussex coast. In this sunny region I am brought into contact with flora and ...

... NATURE NOTES SIR JOHX MURRAY AND THE FLOOR ...

... NATURE NOTES. [SnOALLT Mr. C. H. Widdowson, of ladifieid, sends account of tragedy that witnessed last week in which a house sparrow acted the role of the villain the piece. saw a bouse sparrow and what be first took to be a large butterfly engaged in ...

... NATURE NOTES. [Specially Comtiibutid.] Last week I called attention the f*ct that insect peats generally are exoeptionaflly abundant thi* year, and incidental reference was made to the prevalence of the hop aphis. Six weeks ago hopgrowers were congratulating ...