... A Nature Note Our red squirrels are following a period in seemed by their antics to mad as any March hare ' “A. T. J.”) They cunningly ’ trive to conceal from IIS J whereabouts of their new evidence of the shredding bark from certain conifers, bits of ...

... A Nature Note We owe much to those which, with the mosses, so galls , keep the green flag of life A}' 1 , throughout winter (says“A. T-J- Most noticeable is the because it is often the most valent but because it is now at. best. This is, indeed, its h ...

... 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 A caterpillar of the puss-® “A. T. J.”) was brought in ago; a fat and fearsome-lookinl which is supposed by its f*j ...

... 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 Though we may 1 promises (says “A. T. the sun shines warm f banks, there is a P ecU in the drone of a bumbi 6 of the few sounds which [ with it definite prom l days. And, after jr queen-mother, blunder!' willows for the first e $ pollen ...

... A Nature Note A red squirrel, lithe, llg and whimsical in his turo loping across a garden { with the orange and fallen oak leaves, is the * V autumn (says “A. T. J- b autumn of melancholy f Nature’s autumn, season hjjt earth’s fulfilment, .out* 1 ' promise ...

... 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 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 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 ...