... NATURE NOTES. FLORA OF SLAG HEAPS: FERTILISA. TION OF THE PRIMROSE: RING OUSELL AND NESTING SWANS. (From a Special Correspondent.) The old lead mines and refuse heaps in this county have a peculiar flora of their own, the Procumbent Pearlwort is one of ...

... NATURE NOTES. The , wallows are leaving us and flying south again. On the you y see them gatheiing together on the telegraph wires, talking ailmug themseives as though they were story of illackberriem ripen in the hedgerows and the cornfields will soon ...

... NATURE NOTES. Mountain Spectres. It would be interesting to learn if any nature lovers have come across a spectre like that of the Brocken in course travels in England. The phenomenon seems quite simple when you have discovered site where you may play ...

... NATURE NOTES. Mountain streams, - rippling brooklet/1. and as far as the eyes oauld see, but heather and bracken I have been . among the hills that separate Inarnebire : from Yorkshire. There & blue sky and a warm sun. I bad Provided with old olothis ...

... NATURE NOTES. th c a , awthorn is flower, * m is ngled with 0 T hll he Earless blackthorn Soni - do not U get the full effect of \ X ahead. I. \ H »t ty. V ly finish I, , eSh re correspondent, Ski ,t(i(i ' earliest sown conditions, has I ,ooksn better ...

... NATURE NOTES. The Golden Gors*. The golden gotse bloom* practically the whole peer round, but never it welcome than thaw dark of winter. At the mm is covered with bod* bunt Into ni»«f the first bright day. Already some atieltered cobmk beginning to htootn^ ...

... NATURE NOTES. Meals for Birds. - some the readers of nature notes may be able to say whether or not it harmful give birds breadcrumbs during the frost? Some people declare that it is. and that suoh birds thrushes require chopped suet or scraps of meat ...

... NATURE NOTES. Magpies. It always strikes wonder that have ! any magpies left, for they are so relentlessly per- j secuted. The magpie is a handsome bird at close quarters, but withal a thief. It delights to feed On the eggs of smaller birds, hence it ...

... NATURE NOTES. Hullard Park. May I suggest to those of ycur readers interested flower culture that they should pay casual visit to Huliard Park, where, I venture to think, they will ree what will fully Tepay them for their walk. The little unpretentious ...

... NATURE NOTES. Some Nettles and a Moral. When you stretch out your hands clutch the flowers that greet you by the wayside it is often your lot be stung nettles. You smart: you growl. Yet, what soothing unction you obtain when you take the trouble to look ...

... NATURE NOTES. The Coming Spring. The older naturalists would probably have had good deal to say about such bright and hopeful weather as we have lately experienced. But nowadays we are apt to take these signs of the regeneration of the year as something ...

... NATURE NOTES. THE RETURN OF THE HOUSE MARTINS. With a favourable change of wind Nature's aspect has completely altered. Last week, we were lamenting the deaths of many swallows, which had come so far from only to die of hardship English s This week have ...