... NATURE NOTES. Signs of the Time. Changing colours on every hand tell us of the time of year. _ _ _ This bit of browi - t on the beech-tree !Laves, that head of thistle seed passing over your garden—you would have it go that way. The hawthorn hedge which ...

... NATURE NOTES. THE JOY OF THE DAY. Let us pause in our thoughts of the coming winter, to enjoy these soft September days. The mornings —the joy of the day—are full of life, yet so beautifully quiet. The sun looks down on us as in summer days, and here ...

... NATURE NOTES. The Ever-changing Scene. The leaves are falling fast these days; showers of rain will not help them to stay, though some still have their midsummer colour. The farm ploughs have been busy in some fields. What was a golden cornfield but ...

... NATURE NOTES. Sabbath Stillness. \s the sun rises in a golden blaze from the cast this gentle October morn, so the world wakes to yet another autumn day; but it is this time one of seven, the Sabbath day. As one walks out into the country there is something ...

... NATURE NOTES. Leaves. One can see farther into the wood these days. As on our approach the rabbits jump into the hedge nearby, so the pheasants can be seen slowly searching for food in the thick carpet of fallen leaves. It seems a long time since we ...

... NATURE NOTES. Autuinn.. Clumps of soil—horse-shoe shapedtell lib at a glance what the fanner is doing these autumn days. The horses travel this way from the farm to the fields not far away to carry out the day's work of ploughing. The wind has swept ...

... meanwhile adding its contribution to the social medium. After refreshments, several members were requested to contribute a few nature notes. ...

... NATURE NOTES. November. What a change one night of wind and raia can bri ig about. Little wild flowers, such as the poppy, which have gloried in a wonderful October and in November's unseasonable start, now look bent arid battered; the harebell and ...

... NATURE NOTES. Life and Colour. The rooks fly down from the woods in twos and threes. As soon as day breaks they can be seen making for their feeding grounds. They are not there long before the farmer with his plough comes through the gates with the ...

... NATURE NOTES. Dusk. . • The sun sets in the west, and something which we know as dusk creeps over the land. That beautiful time between the light of day and the darkness of night, when everything seems changed. From the western skies a shining brightness ...

... prison bars in America, even Al Capone must admit that it takes a lot of doing to kill time. + x The lad who wrote this Nature Note has a future : 'The Cuckoo won't feather his own nest, because he's the communist of the feathered tribe. There's far ...

... NATURE NOTES. 'Changing Pays. Spring is at hand, creeping in everywhere—in the garden, in the fields, in the woodlands, and the plains, slow perhaps, as yet, InN cver forceful: - A few warm days will enhance the beauty of all growing things as they burst ...