... A NATURE NOTE Edinburgh , June 23 , 1919 . Sih ,- —While walking leisurely in the southern outskirts ol the eily onb glorious morning lately , I could not but remark with admiration the prevailing wealth of beauty of Nature . This was-manifest wherever ...

... NATURE ;; . NOTE S BRITISH WATERFOWL AT THE ZOO . The collection of British waterfowl in the Zoological Park at 1 Corstorphine has received several . important additions during the past yen , and is now sufficiently numerous and representative to be worthy ...

... NATURE -NOTE . S THE FAIEKNAL iriSTIHCT ni BIBBS . ' 1 MAI'EBNAL instinct ^ m -inEl . ? ; animals has '•' . •' 'been so loudly lauded thai qniie as wonderful a one , tha paternal instinct in birds , has beon rather overlooked , Two wwks ago ft ^ y » jE ...

... Nature Note Frost and Plants A frozen plant is not necessarily a dead plant; it can be revived and restored to its normal condition and vigour. But it is a strange fact that a thawed plant is often a dead plant! Frost does not kill in the majority of ...

... Nature Note Are Hedgehogs Harmful ? Hedgehogs are thought by some people to be harmfy) to 5 garden. Their diet 18 Partly vegetarian it is true. but there 'S 10 record of any plants being damaged by them. ang in keeping down ground insects they do much ...

... Nature Note Nettles With the Roast In the days of Queen Elizabeth ordinary stinging nettles stewed in milk and butter were served with the roast. Salted nettles were put into milk to curdle it. The tops of nettles were used like spinach. They were also ...

... Nature Note WHY “EARWIG” As we note the commencement of th.e earwig’s activity, the question of this insect’s peculiar name comes to us and we remember the once popular ildea thgt earwigs are so named because of their | habit of entering people’s ears ...

... Nature Note Vegetable Fggs It is a peculiar fact that. Nature provides great and almost ide%ti,cpl similarity of form and shape betwee her several departments, some so real and striking that it is easy to mistake one object for another that may be of ...

... Nature Note LUMINOUS PLANTS Rotten wood, known as * touchwood,” possesses the remarkable property of shining in the dark, this being due to the presence of the *“spawn” or “mycelium” of tiny fungi; and this light-giving faculty is found in larger mushrooms ...

... • m ^ NATURE- ; NOTE S . ! -More' Indian Animals at the Zoo . Only a few wooks ago there was noted in th ,. column tho arrival in tho Zoological Park of large and interesting collection of Indian animal chiefly , deer . There has just arrived another ...

... Nature Note The Effect of Colour on Plants Some 40 of 50 years ago experiments were made upon plants as to how col.our affected their growth. This has since been elaborated upon. and the results are very interesting. The experiments consist in raising ...

... Nature Note THAT PLEASANT « SMELL:J OF THE COUNTRY™™ As one walks through the countfi;iti; the human olfactory sense is gratified with the many scents that greet the nostrils, all combining toe produce the well-recognised “country perfume.” While this ...