... he was justified in taking the action he did to protect himself and daughter, and asked that the summonses be dismissed. Nature notes POND LIFE Visitors to the seashore can seldom resist the lure of pools left by the ebbing tide, and gaze entranced at the ...

... Nature Notes TRUE to our British charactei . we find plenty to grumble about nowadays, not least at the disappointing weather. Yet despite cold wind and sparse sunshine the world out-of-doors goes steadily on from season to season, making do with whatever ...

... Nature notes Birds in Winter We cannot think of the countryaids without its birds, and even in Winter their lively oomg=o= brightens our walks in sad laws. Birds Sr. never semi. when not in full i= have a wide range of as country folk ail lane-side elms ...

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... --- - - Nature notes s HAWTHORN TIME wip THIS IS MAY, month when Spring, on the brink of the more florid loveliness of Summer, reaches the height of its beauty. It is a month of flowers, both wild and cultivated, but its most characteristic bloom is the ...

... Nature notes j • MELLOW FRUITFULNESS _TORN KEATS spoke of Autumn as season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, and when Autumn is actually with us this phrase can be fully appreciated. The early morning mists lie veillike over the fields, to be dispersed ...

... .• i • , . I Nature notes L. HEDGEHOGS O:4E of the smallest and most curious of our wild animals, the hedgehog, ludgepig or hc.dgc utchin, as it is vattou.ty called, is one oi the most interesting. A member of the Inseettvcau, o: insect -eating mammals ...

... .. ' \ 'CORONA' NATURE NOTES . - • .: .. • • .--.. 11 1 ,• , . . -- • 4 - . . I , • 2 ‘ *; • ; . / . *f W ''.k. :. F , \ • • •..0 - vry- g. . v \ • ' . • . ‘- , .'. The Barn Owl Sometimes of an evening one or a church tower. The plumb startled ...

... Nature notes Butterti.o and Moths 1 N countries more picturesqu e in language than ours, outterthes and moths are reerred to as flying jewels, and what name could be mote suitable for these tiny bright creatures with wings enamelled the colours of ...

... - ‘1 . 11.1 1i ; • J , • I Nature notes THE INVADING FERN In April the well curled fronds of ferns push their way through last year's dead leaves and rapidly begin to unroll. This method of opening is obviously to protect the delicate leaf tip and while ...

... 18,1919 I i Nature notes j WEEDS THE English Dictionary Is clear and concise in its definition of a weed— a plant . growing wild In . . cultivated gr'ound: l- This answers a question often asked as to the difference between wild flowers and weeds, for ...

... BY THE HAWN OF SLOAN', LINIMENT _ ------ Nature notes 11 FUNGI rte• - • PIA id the most interesting, but little known divisions 01 plant le is fungi, their strange appearance causing the average person to fear them. They are the snakes of the plant world ...