... Nature Note Most of the plants in flower during the • winter months are those commonly Winter known as weeds. Although regarded as Weeds. objects of scorn, such flowers are always of some interest, and in many cases can even be described as beautiful ...

... NATURE NOTE London Birds.—The Wood Pigeon. THE bird population of London is 'extremely interesting, and very hard to understand. Thus whereas the Rook, a comparatively tame bird which frequently builds close to houses (as in the heart of Folkestone), ...

... NATURE NOTE Delicacies from Sea Shore. It is a well-known fact that French people eat many dishes which are despised or neglected in this country only because It is not our custom to consider such things as food. The traveller on the north coast of Prance ...

... NATURE NOTE London Trees.—The Willows. WILLOW trees are usually found in moist places such as river banks and water meadows, and thus we cannot expect to find them very much within our city. Yet, they are to be seen in several of our open places—such ...

... Nature Note Pride of place amongst Christmas decorations must be given to }lolly, and since we are accuse Holly tome& to see SO much of this plant during the last few days of the year, some indir formation about it will no doubt be welcome. The origin ...

... Nature Note. Most of us have had some sort of a failing for catching things or fishing for them during our school days. Tadpoles. Personally I always , had rather a liking for tadpoles. You might sit fur hours and not catch a single wretched stickleback ...

... Nature Note By the middle of January the naturalist is certainly justified in feeling elated at the prospect of wring. of Even before the days began to lengthen spring there were a few signs for those who cared to read them. In November we saw a; the ...

... Nature Note 'As we get into October the signs of winter begin to become conspicuous. The leaves start to October (-hinge colour in September; early in October they commence to fall. The hedgerows become bright with hips and haws (the old English names ...

... NATURE NOTE Jelly-Fish. Jus. at the present time the presence of jellyfish in the sea is being very forcibly brought to the notice of holiday-makers. The Belgian coast is swarming with them, and many English resorts are but little better. Passengers on ...

... Nature Note very November is a good month in which to start the Wild study of wild birds. Many are still cornin ;lig over from the Continent, but the November. leafless condition of tile trees makes observation very easy. The goldfinch, with his shrill ...

... NATURE NOTE The Edible Crab and Other Species. During the summer months of last year several of our nature notes dealt with interesting shells and creatures to be observed by the sea, and we now propose to add some additional articles on the same lines ...

... NATURE NOTE London Trees—The Plane. VISITORS to our Metropolis are taken to see many rare and wonderful objects of art and antiquity, but it is very rarely that they are specially shown the London Plane. Yet this tree Is really worthy of a place In the ...