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... NATURE NOTES. SHELTER PLANTATIONS. Before the Newcastle Farmers' Club, on Saturday, Mr. A. C. Forbes read a paper on Shelter Plantations for Cattle. The only alternative to shelter belts, he said was buildings, and these were too expensive. His idea ...
... NATURE NOTES. A HARVEST OF EELS. Over four tons of eels have been dispatched from Thorpe. in the Fens, within the last few days, to London. They were caught as a result of • trench being cut from an °vertu' mere to the sea in order to set free the flood ...
... NATURE NOTES. At the Summer Islands, Ullapool. Ross-shire, a large seal measuring 6ft. gin. has been shot by an Inland Revenue officer. That Seotch exciseman belongs to the breed who, when happy, want to go out and slay something. AN ARTFUL SNAKE. Seeing ...
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... NATURE NOTES. PLANTS AND SUICIDE. Do plants ever commit suicide? The County Gentleman makes a suggestion of the kind in the case of some of the clematises. You can (it says) plant a clematis which does admirably for a few months, even for a few years ...
... NATURE NOTES. - - A 31T ABOUT THE BABOON. Wolin baboons once take to a mealie field, says the - Country Gentleman, they will not. leave it ta t they have eaten every cob. When they de- Tort every evening for home they have filled their moo:sells, their ...
... OUR LONDON LETTER. f NATURE NOTES. It is understood that we do not necessarily identify ourselves witift our able Correspondent's opinions. Negotiations between the British and French Governments are now in progress for a boat arnica that will carry whole ...
... NATURE NOTES. SPOILING THE WOODS. Writing with reference to the wholesale uprooting of wild plants, a correspondent of the Garden says:—ln Sussex we believe ourselves to be exceptionally victimised. Just at this season, when woods and hedgerows aro ...
... NATURE NOTES. THE BIGGEST ROACH. The Old Windsor waters of the Thames have %i. lded what is claimed to be the largest roach ever caught in that river. It fell to the rcd of an angler named Edmonds. and scaled 2lbs. 12ozn. CANARY NOTES. German canaries ...
... NATURE NOTES. EPITOME OF NEWS. THE ANGRY TREE. In the Far East has been recently discovered a species of the acacia tree which is a wonder of plant life. It grows to a height of about eight feet, and when full-grown closes its leaves to- , gether in coils ...
... Pass • Needlework, holiday-work. Intermediate. Cert. C. • R.D.S., Div. 11. Cert. Pass Needlework. Intermediate. Cert. C. Nature Notes, holiday-work. Intermediate. Cert. H.C. Doris Page Inkl Benskio Ethel Gadsden Phyllis Wynch Mary Tremlett Upper 111. . ...
... method of coating them has been discovered is of more than passing interest. A STRANGE STORY. Mr. W. G. Kilpack writes to Nature Notes: Many are distressed by the way in which a cat plays with a mouse before killing it. That the mouse does not suffer so ...