... NATURE NOTES. [Bt William E. Claeke, A.R.C.S.] Co-Partnership Among Plants. One of the most interesting phenomena exhibited in plant life is the living together of two more plant forms for mutual gain, the one organism supplying the needs the other. ...

... NATURE NOTES. [By William E. Clarke, A.E.C.S.] The Blue-Belt* This well-known plant flowers in damp, shady woods and banks during tbe months of April and May. It las no main root, but is fixed in the ground by bulbous stem, from base which develop quite ...

... Nature Notes. GIT-OF-DOOKS NOVEMBER. ALONG THE ROAD. With fitful force the wild west wind whistles among 1 the bare boughs of the elms along the tangled hedgerows of the lane, and aloft, in the ••rial current, like great and graceful bird,, an , aeroplane ...

... NATURE NOTES. [Br E. CLAKKE, A.R.C.S.] The Sundew. There- is a group of plants the habits of which form an entrancing studv. They are the Insectivorous or Carnivorous plants. There are several exquisite kiuds. and not the least l>eautiful is the English ...

... NATURE NOTES. Gewgaw FAIII. The ostrich farm founded three years ago by Mr. Hagenbeck Hamburg is growing rapidly in importance as well as size. It was Mr. Hagenbeck's theory that the ostrich, although a native of hot countries, ' would thrive in cooler ...

... NATURE NOTES. Lows. Au intersting a a dog's frien4. ship with a hon.(' °centred at (egiaberlso4). The and dog—the latter a two-year.old retriever—shared same stable, and the dog. when its trios.' wan taken to the field for it' summer quar tore, appeared ...

... NATURE NOTES. LITINO FILES. It is not mtnerally known that cleft and shellttieh are furuished or rasp-like tongues, which cause damage to vegetable product.. Th e f am os e perforations in a lettuce leaf are came& bv the tongues of snail.. The veget arise ...

... NATURE NOTES. [Bi William E. Clarke, A.E.C.S.] Saxdsto.ves. Sandstones consist of more less Med particles sand—oxido silicon —cemented together. The grains are water-worn, having had their rough angular corners rubbed away friction, the one particle against ...

... NATURE NOTES ABUNDANCE OF WILD DOG ROSES —FINE DISPLAY IN SHAKESPEARE’S COUNTRY Closely following the wonderful pageant of apple and hawthorn blossom and lilac there is a fine display of wild roses in Midland lanes and fields,” writes Mr. G. A. Palmer ...

... NATURE NOTES. SLAUGHTER OF CARRION CROWS. Amongst tlie charges that arc brought against the gamekeeper for killing birds which, though foes of his. are useful as destroyers of vermin, rarely hesr anybody raising a plea for the preservation of the carrion ...

... NATURE NOTES. Mr. Kinraond's note last week on the movement gulls was very Interesting, Gulls are, o£ course, noted scavengers; and, though changing conditions of war may not disturb them, it amusing to think that the lack o£ holiday-makers' litter our ...

... NATURE NOTES Orientation of Swallows ...