... Nature Note In the Lane MOWHEBE does'the gnetoeo spring mm it herself soowef than In the ehelteied lane with Its high hanks end hedges. Here the ohy violet modestly with Use eyes velvet from the ohady nooks, sad the primrose eagerly eoegkt the village ...

... NATURE NOTE co.ltoo has if gain at last! I: 7 I heard to: the h.st tme week•tnil as be timed his weicorne nive win:o fleiti ov:.rhead. It is to be hoped that lie is :•eal.v the herald warmer and weather. for after the depressing and severe w'wer which ...

... NATURE NOTE. The bird's eye primrose Is not a very common flower, but it is a very pretty one. It prefers boggy places. The flowers grow in clusters on the top of the stalk. The buds are bluish, but the flower. wt..lch is only small. is pink with black ...

... Nature Note Hibemators disturbing lumber In a a torlnlseshell butterfly was revealed In a state of hibernation. As these Insect blbernators will wake up under the Influence of mild, sunny period, even In mid-winter, one roliht as that they would select ...

... NATURE NOTE After Dusk THE night life of Nature's underworld Is busy time. When the summer sunset fades out, and shadows deepen under the brooding trees, a mysterious activity afoot In the shadowy nooks and umbrageous jungles of hedgerow and covert, and ...

... NATURE NOTE Twilight in the Lane shadows were deepenlni under the trees as I walked along the lane in the late ,ening. The last swallows were still hawking high la the air. calling incessantly with their high-pitched cries. A solitary blackbird was singing ...

... NATURE NOTE Butterflies and Bees first butterflies of the 1 4 year are on the wing enjoying the unusual holiday sunshine. It is true that butterflies have been seen earlier this year, but these were hibernating species aroused from their slumber by a ...

... Nature Note Sun Mario TTNDEE the , «•“» sletmee grass, soddenlng SUP mi. «£, tad spread strand Jewelled win,'**- *5 like crystals stmn. threads. Flowere tare—a oyer the garden, n- Insect or twlnerlte livened the gloom Later, the low fi,-*. apart—blue ...

... NATURE NOTE The Silent Woodland riIHE woods are quiet at this . time of the year. In the spring melody echoed among the green boughs, but now the birds axe silent, save for an occasional plaintive twitter from a bluetit There was much cloud as I walked ...

... Nature Note September LIKE the beauty of » rich 'inset, the loveliness of tember such n fleeting tUH that It is gone before we Ss» appreciated fully rare enchantment. Just the l»» flamlnafl rays and glow ( moments of sommerlike w linger with through Hie ...

... NATURE NOTE Dragonflies BY pond and stream arc many insects skimming In the sun. Among these the dragonflies are most conspicuous, gleaming like radiant Jewels as they dart here and there above the reeds and tasseiled sedges. In Nottinghamshire find many ...

... Nature Note Lady of the Stream 'DEAUTIFt'L vistas open out the late summer sun cuts s polden path through the fllray mitt over-spreading the waters of the beck, tempting the wayfarer to quit the metalled road and follow the winding stream. There Mature-magic ...