... A Nature Note The hellebores are a baneful race, as the Garden of Persephone knew, and even our two native kinds are as if some evil lurked in their sombre mien (writes “A. T. J.”). But the family has its exceptions, of which the Christmas rose is one ...

... A Nature Note The leaves of young beeches and (says “A. T. JV’), being retained withered state, contribute a glow of colour to the countryside, tho of the one being a fiery of the other a cinnamon-buff. tenaciously do these dried effigies summer cling ...

... A Nature Note Bird movement begins in earD eS , the opening of November , “A. T. J.”). Fieldfares and fly in loose companies over the woodcocks come to the oozy siskins may at any time be seen h 8: upside-down upon the alder coo rivalling the goldcrests ...

... A Nature Note With the first autumn drift of leaves, gold and b the rush of waters from th c came that familiar flick yellow and white over the (writes “A. T. J”). The had returned from the sun l , 1 and very lithe and fresh f l * their new suits. . { ...

... 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 ...