... NATURE NOTES. Chicory and Its Charms. I wonder we don't take more pains in providing ourselves with chicory. It is marvellous in its use, and some friends of mine regard it as indispensable both for stews and salads and dishes that accompany eggs for ...

... NATURE NOTES. Adventure. The other night the Child and I had what agreed was an adventure. We had gone out to . the pool below the hatches to look at the remnants of a sunset, and it was worth doing, for what had been smoke-grey bars of cloud turned while ...

... NATURE NOTES. The Senses Bees. Those interested bee-culture have proved that bees have a tremendous amount of reasoning power, and that most their senses are as acute as our own. Certainly they can smell, and see and taste and feel. Indeed. Lord believes ...

... NATURE NOTES. Autumn Cultivation. The land now, writes Chapel contributor, very good condition for the time of year, and work is progressing satisfactorily. Farmers and gardeners are busily engaged in manuring the land and in ploughing under. Autumn ...

... NATURE NOTES. The Occultation of Mara. When Mars was occulted the other morning, at time when the air was raw and keen, with icicles hanging from the observatory, some amount of courage and endurance was required in the person who saw the ruddy planet ...

... NATURE NOTES. Bird-lore. Among historical curiosities that have lately been unearthed in Warwickshire is a verse that has a quaint interest for bird lovers. It runs thus: The robin and the ivren Are God Almighty's cod- and hen ; The martin and the swallow ...

... NATURE NOTES. Hedgehogs. There is always more joy in the training and taming of an uncouth beast than in the education of partially cultured animals. The hedgehog as pet by no means be despised, for though he is not so ornamental as a cat has the virtues ...

... NATURE NOTES. A Long-lived Plant. Whether the arum lily is remarkable for longevity I know not, but it is a notable fact that there has been plant in the greenhouse at our old home for a term of sixty-eight years—and, moreover, it bloomed twelve months ...

... NATURE NOTES. Clambering Violets. Some time ago I was told by one who ought have known that occasionally the dog violet (Viola Sylvatica) took into its head an ambition to climb, and that botanists had encountered it high the hedges instead of humbly ...

... NATURE NOTES. Cheshire Oats. Oats as a crop, writes a Holmes Chapel contributor, have ripened very quickly, and farmers are busilj engaged in cutting it. The grain ha? fed up much better than short time since was expected. Indications are prevalent all ...

... NATURE NOTES. Plea for Wild Birds. Winter with its frost and snow will soon here; and, as usual, our dumb friends will suffer, especially our little songsters. Let us not forget to feed them daily. BIRD LOVER. Bananas and their Uses- It. is lamentable ...

... NATURE NOTES. Deceitful Flowers and Insects. One can have no resource but believe that duplicity part and parcel of the great system of the genius the genus as Schopenhauer would say. The desire not only for life but continual life is supreme, and its ...