... NATURE NOTE Even In the second eek et May we have no: tscsped, the threat of frost. This. On the drought is holding lad spring growth. The Chest:us Sunday has been crlebratti..,, the chestnut trees have sun to make their best &be*. The may blossom is ...

... NATURE NOTE We work in a deep, dark canyon from which we can see two square inches of sky, if we hang out of the window. Its walls are lined with brick. At its foot are piles of ancient orangepeel and cigarette ends. Maybe we'd be nature-lovers if we ...

... Nature Note Monotonously repeated grating cm has been aptly likened to sound nude rusty gate-hinge. Slender, broun. short-billed. . . . So far such an excellent picture has been built up of the female which haunts cocktail bars on the Riviera that ...

... NATURE NOTE LURED out by the fitful Funshine of the early year, the modest bud of the lesser grubwort can be seen peering through the dead leaves in the lane, while the little agaricus campestris may (or 'pay not) be spotted peeping nervously round the ...

... NATURE NOTE BY HENRY N OT ; ir il a7 t e l t i . e ea t t i u m r e es to watch t c h .o e u l n iLl . e side, who are all popping out again after their - long winter sleep. Do you know how,to tell tie difference between a weasel and a.stoat? Why, a weasel ...

... NATURE NOTE 'HILLY sparrows, perched the ' bare branches of lime tree, the winter day draws to its close are extraordinarily like large plumsthough, of course trees fruit without leaves, no lime trees grow plums, and 110 plums grow beaks. The enthusiast ...

... 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 Sir.--I thoroughly agree with your correspondent who states that we may expect an early season for birds. The rooks seem to be well ahead with their nest building. and on March 18 my friend and I found a completed blackbirds' nest. But our ...

... 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 ...