... Nature Note Wayside Gold TTPBTAMDINO- the wayside, lending Its bright yellow quota to the golden hues predominant where the hawkweeds ■ass la floe array, the agHaway attracts attealtoa by tve spreading, stcmless lowers which grow close to one another ...

... Nature Note Going Away Parties IN the countryside day cannot fall note the assembling golst-araj partin' of the swallows and housemartins. When watch these twittering birds lining the telegraph wires or the eases ot the old water-mill down the beck, ...

... Nature Note Curlew Nature-lover thrills to f« the curlew with l-t slender, curved bill, and musical call note— that never falls to charm the e*r other bird-call reseml** this. It is the spirit of the oil' embodird In voice. i* exile fondly remembered ...

... Nature Note Folk They Know BIRDS possess uncanny sense of distinguishing a potential enemy from one who bodes them no barm. Under the anlnmn skies gulls and rooks follow the tractor, lying close behind the disc harrow to alight and snatch up any titbits ...

... NATURE NOTE Leaf-Cutter NEATLY anil with matlirmallcal accuracy the Icalcutler bee shears out circular discs from the rose leaves. The female only does this cutUnf-out business, and her work !s done while on the win*, and In that remarkable! The purpose ...

... Nature Note January Promise T ENGTHKMNG daylight to January begins to tall upon dim patches of green, that show where spring still slumbering, hut already stirring. In a mild spell during this month, Nature seems to smile In her slumbers ; birds tune ...

... Nature Note Midsummer Moon THEBE is no wind this midsummer night. So still U the air that the swish of hoots to dew-wat trass almost a sacrilegious disturbance of the hashed countryside. One Mg glowing star slearns like diamond In the coronet of heaven ...

... 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 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 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 ...