... NATURE NOTES. THE SACRED NARCIBBI/8. A emoted white Meallivated is end China the sacred , by the bulbs on stones in a of water. In this way the plant is made to bloom throughout winter. A CURIOUS PLANT. A curious plant from Mexico wee recently scribed ...

... NATURE NOTES. OUR FEATHERED VISITORS. Sir Herbert Maxwell has pointed out that Great Britain, despite its dense population, contains a larger bird population than any country in Europe in proportion to its area. From about the middle of Mart* until the ...

... ,NATURE NOTES. THE USEFUL LAPW INC. No bird is more beneficial to cultivators than the lapwing. It devours snails, wireworms. beetles and lawn of various insects that infest grass, turnip . , wheat, and crops of other kind. it feeds in the evening. it ...

... NATURE NOTES. The leave of the trees are Mat falling, perilmilady those on the lit, sycamore, lime, and white poplar, which generally come down first. It is very interesting to notice what we may term the order in which the trees begin to shed their leaves ...

... NATURE NOTES. JOVIAITURE WITH LIONS. A toopondent at Blantyre, Central Africa, relate., thrilling adventure with Was. bout loaggons from Blantyre, returning from Vitale. ea Ike shore of Lake Nyaysa, atter unloading cotton there, camped at night. in • ...

... NATURE NOTES. OUR HIDGEROW3. The greatest ornaments of the English he' -e lust latterly pare been the wild roses and the slder.blossom, both of them dowers almolot,ly typical of the time of year. Our Ameriesn friend, the `. County Gentleman suggests ...

... NATURE NOTES. CUCKOO ? Farm labourers and madmen ISM (says Luke EUisio his charming Echo aountryside gossip) as pleased to hear the cuckoo as the stranger. It is a teken to them of longer and brighter and warmer days. when they eau speak tople of ...

... NATURE NOTES &PUS IN ABUNDANCE. Everybody is agreed that this is one of the gips{ wonderful years for ap ples ever known, there is no reason to doubt the stories which come from all quarters of trees which have actually more res than leave, upon akes ...

... NATURE NOTES. BIRDS RNO POISON BERRIES. A correspondent in Nature discusses the rather interesting question why birds are not killed by stating poisonous fruit. According to our authority, it is held by some that hints eat only the surrounding pulp ...

... NATURE NOTES. PLANT GROWTH. Naos grow faster between 4 ..m. and 6 LW. than at any other time during the day. STORKS AND FROGS. Were it not fur the multitude of storks that throng to Egypt every winter there would be no living in Rome parts of the country ...

... NATURE NOTES. COWARD MARKO. The oowartnes of sharks is well-kuown among wbo have been to in waters. The Sanest shark will getout of the way of a misname if tbe latter site up • wiry splashing. Among the South Sea Islands (says. - Science Siftings) the ...

... NATURE NOTES THE ABBOTUURY SWANS. There are moo than thousand swans at AbbotAtry, living a perfectly natural life, and none of them pinioned. The results (says th.• County Uentleman) that tbs visitor sees, at it is not possible to see on the Thames ...