... NATURE NOTES. The Coo *' Notes of the Birds. The allusion the other day to the cooing pigeon brought to my mind what consider, though possibly erroneously, a sound rarely heard mean the coo of a starling. the old garden of which I often write, some ...

... NATURE NOTES. ;,- - «nder Sun-1,1 H 'hil t evidence I from V^ otes of I for** m tin ? - The C> v IT* the «>l*» rains ,lrinth unlocking a I > ...

... NATURE NOTES. The Holly Season. Lurry loads of shining evergreens passing along the streets till that the holly season is in full swing. And how ruddy are the boughs with berries this year! We wonder, when looking m the shrubberies and parklands, how ...

... NATURE NOTES. An Ornamental Winter Flower. The winter jasmine (jasmine nudiflorum) is one of the most useful flowering plants one can have for the garden. Unlike'our better-known plants, it reserves its bloom for winter, the time when it may rely on being ...

... NATURE NOTES. The Fuchsia. is curious to note how little decorative use is made the fuchsia, and how seldom it is seen in anything but a comparatively wild state. Some time ago, in Queen Victoria's reign, people took great pains with their fuchsias, and ...

... NATURE NOTES. Beneficent Frost. The sharp frost of the last week, writes a Holmes Chapel contributor, will do great deal of good in checking premature growth. Several kinds plants, notably roses, were making too much growth for the time of year. On the ...

... NATURE NOTES. Wonderful Effects. Lifting the window in the dense noon darkness, I looked out and saw picture Whistler would have rejoiced in. The fog hung like an opaque, smoky pall almost to the roofs, but the smoke was the smoke of a fire blushing and ...

... NATURE NOTES. Horse Chestnuts. The horse-chestnut is very beautiful from the time when its sticky leaf-buds begin to open until it blooms. But there comes that dreadful day when you are first conscious that the summer on the wane, and then you happen ...

... NATURE NOTES. Dots and Scent. Has anyone seen dog voluntarily smelling flowers? An Irish terrier who, consequence of burglars, has been introduced into the house from a dog's home, has apparently net only the natural olfactory sense of his tribe, but ...

... NATURE NOTES. The Shepherd's Warning. A rainbow in the morning the shepherd's warning. We all learnt that long ago. This appallingly wet day (wrote-a valued contributor rainbow, which spanned the sky from east west, Thursday) was ushered by a magnificent ...

... NATURE NOTES. Aurora or Volcano The remarkable atmospheric phenomenon witnessed at Manchester and in London the other night was also seen from Berlin. A telegram from that city received last Thursday night says the sky was brightly diffused with red ...

... NATURE NOTES. Falling Water. Clear water was falling over one of the hatches as the sun fell, and I, having and desiring nothing better to do, watched it. It was a clear sheet of crystal, shining with nacre and silver, and only changing when it carried ...