... A Nature Note Although the passing eB ' favourable in so far jj concerned (says A. T, been notable autumn 1 , c many places Yet, as oftc ll these capricious creature. - sudden influx of red days ago, and remarkably ) looked the bronze chrysanthemums ...

... A Nature Note If a comparatively rnodert. t . the ivy, which holds acK ii, until autumn is well advantage of th® j >’): well to itself (writes - g]n its greenish primrose-yCIH , '. by no means ineffectual shine of October with green leaves as setting' ...

... A Nature Note Where the seeds of tl are floating away from 1 on feathery sails of silk hemp-agrimony raises its A dull plant this, but it latest of summer’s blosso it is beloved by the buth do not find the customary red admirals on the garden, .the chances ...

... A Nature Note It is not mere poet’s licence that in the spring a livelier iris ® upon the burnished dove (says J.”) or that the gallant robin '' ve u waistcoat of a brighter flame as lengthen. This intensifying of plumage colour arises as if it ' product ...

... A Nature Note It is not often that one sees all the heaths perfection at the same time (says “A.T. J.”), but the early bellheathers, including the cross-leaved with the frosty-grey foliage and shell-pink flowers, were so retarded by a sunless July that ...

... A Nature Note There are no birds more i the rambler on the ' ll “A. T. J.”) than the stonechat, the former consp its white rump, the latter head exciaiming ‘‘.tut-tut’ v two-legged monster apP territory. Though often nlot f 11 along the shore, the stonech ...

... A Nature Note One of the most unobtrusive of winter birds, the redwing, might oft go unnoticed (says A. T. J.), but a among the dry leaves generally reve ( this Scandinavian thrush feebly hunt' for grub wherewith to stave starvation. Though our West l ...

... A Nature Note Our loveliest flowering t' cherry or is late this is as beautiful as ever,. ' fountain of crystal against ' of the larches (writes “ AT In gardens it the cultivated cherries of .{jti regarded as the most orna * i even so, the double-flowere ...

... A Nature Note A pair of our red squirrels, acquired their glossy new terribly busy making their drey ” (says A, T. J.”). They to believe in an entirely new year, and even select a change This time a fork near the cypress is the chosen site, and fP® ...

... A Nature Note As February advances the shine assumes a new quality f “A. T.J.”). Its rays are revivifying, the earth more sive to their touch. We may 1 > and theorise about the upward of sap and note a movement daffodil’s upward thrust, but nj.-ji telling ...

... A Nature Note The recent note on a blackbird that had returned to its old haunts ha? interested several readers who have had a similar experience (says “A. T. J.”)- One of them, writing from Maghull* relates how both a thrush and a blackbird have appeared ...

... A Nature Note In the silence which tells of frost, the dove-coloured mist flushed with tb«* red of the sun’s passing, the cry of some fieldfares which breaks across the hush is the voice of winter (says “A. T. J.”). Sounds travel far at such moments, ...