... A Nature Note If the red squirrel ever was a plete hibernater (says A. T. J”) it ? -1 become more and more apparent durdh recent years that it has definmh abandoned the process. It may, creature that it is, make a warm nest and therein spend an occasio^ ...

... A Nature Note Is the little pipistrelle bat going to follow the squirrel in abandoning hibernation as a waste of precious time ? At all events (says “A. T. J.”) during the last week or so one of these engaging creatures was seen every evening hawking ...

... A Nature Note With the clearing of ■ (says “A. T..T.”) the urba which have been a source °‘, anxiety and loss to the e V grain came into eHr. driftb t(? grimy town roofs. They seen grain best in the milk stage, , it has hardened prefer, the V the streets ...

... A Nature Note Recent cold days and even colder nights have had such a retarding effect upon growth that even the snowdrops* usuallysoindifferenttothe weather, were much later than usual (says A. T. But along southerly hedge-banks, where the frozen soil ...

... A Nature Note Along the roadsides among th® still uxxtouched the roadman : “ A. T. J.”) the meadow geranium in belts of blue, and in this bin. is a luminous quality that gleam 6 a strangely beautiful effect. Thon£_ a widely spread plant, this cranesbill ...

... A Nature Note The willow wren has come chiff-chaff in the leafing*sy cam rippling diminuendoes ringing the woods with all their old s and arousing—a little optin (|i perhaps anticipations murmurous summer days when y bell will alone break thr°'i®, ...

... A Nature Note The recent warm rains have up worms, and the thrush on the sliould be comforting object gardener’s eyes (says “A. T. J.”)- '*|i« that worms any harm. s, contrary, tliey are mould ,:n drainers and fertilisers, but they (j, improve the lawn ...

... A Nature Note The flowering of the yellow . the fragrant viburnum, which ji l even its cousin, the old laures precocity, and the delicately winter cherry, reminds A. T. J.”) that the last month ° year marks, not the end of thi emphasises the continuity ...

... A NATURE NOTE SOMETIMES when parent birds, accident or the cat, lose all some of their family in the spring, they build another nest and rear a second brood. Even so late as it is now some the graceful swallows have their house* lull ol children. Their ...

... A Nature Note The happiest of birds dufl month’s cold spell were the (says T. J”). These little visitors arrived in the garden t in great numbers, their main manifestly being the alder seet i) though blackbirds were bein? dead almost daily and most visibly ...

... A Nature Note The flocking of birds as winter pro* ceeds suggests that those like the starling and pigeon and some finches believe there is safety in numbers (say 3 T. J.”). So there may be when sucfl an enemy as a hawk appears, but congregating does ...

... A Nature Note As the primroses reach their fuU° \ (says “A. T. J.”) the wood aneuio JlC come in battalions, making a milky of woodland aisles and chequering v the banks of the lane with their white stars. Nor is this well-lo'’ wildling unrepresented in ...