... NATURE NOTES. Many observations are on record respecting the first appearances of plants, but few which inform us of their disappearance. We all know, for example, that the primrose is frequently plentiful in March, and is at its prime about the middle ...

... NATURE NOTES. The last week in May vill be memorable for its extreme cold, the heavy falls of snow with which we were favoured on the 20th and 21st, and the injury resulting to plants and fruit from the untoward atmospheric conditions. On Sunday the mountains ...

... NATURE NOTES. Some new plant names have come under notice since my last list was written. BLOOMING SALLY. This name is in use at Bownesson-Solway as it is in many parts of Ireland, for the narrow-leaved willow-herb (Lpilobiunt angustijblitem). Like Bouncing ...

... NATURE NOTES. PARASITIC FUNGI continue to come to the fore. The Coltsfoot, which has already yielded us one of the finest of clustercups, may now be found suffused with the brilliant spores of a golden rust (Coleosporium . ). Just as the clustercup is ...

... NATURE NOTES. BY REV. HILDERIC FRIEND. Although the New Year with us commences with the first of January, from the naturalist's point of view, it begins about the first of March under normal conditions. If the season is advanced, we often find the biological ...

... NATURE NOTES. By REV. lIILDERIC FRIEND, F.L.S. The forerunner of that most interesting group of plants known as Orchids has made its appearance in the shape of the Early Purple Orchis (Orchs ntascula), known in the North of England as Crowteet, and in ...

... NATURE NOTES. BY REV. HILDERIC rRIEND. THE EVOLUTION OF FLOWERS. Flowers are among the most beautiful, attractive, and varied of the productions of nature. Their colours, odours, shapes, possess a perennial charm. Looking, for example, at the wild rose ...

... BY REV. HILDERIC FRIEND. L NATURE NOTES. At this season of the year we find, both in a wild and in a cultivated condition, a number of plants in full flower, though they are absolutely devoid of foliage. Not that this'peculiarity is literally restricted ...

... NATURE NOTES. BY REV. HILDERIC The mild weather which has so long prevailed, unbroken save by one brief spell of frost, has caused unusual forwardness among plant and insect life. A fly was observed several days ago on my study window, which had newly ...

... NATURE NOTES. BY REV. HILDERIC FRIEND, T.L.S. THE RATHE PRIMROSE. Long as there's a sun that sets. Primroses will have their glory.— IV° RDSWORTH. Never was the primrose more popular than it is today. If it has not been so fully interwoven with the ...

... NATURE NOTES. BY REV. HILDERIC FRIEND. A HAPPY NEW YEAR to all who read these lines. A great calamity has befallen the scientific world, through the sudden accidental death of Prof. Milnes Marshall, F.R. S., at the foot of Scawfell, on the 31st ult. Surely ...

... entertained. On Thursday, however, some laiproveruent was observable. All the member s o f the i family are with him n London. NATURE NOTES. REV. HILDERIC FRIEND, F.L.S. So far as I am aware, no attempt has been made to collect the ...