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... NATURE NOTES. [Bi William E. Clares. A.R.C.S.j Weeds. A weed the name given any plant growing where it is not wanted. It is immaterial what the value of such plant may when grown under proper circumstances. Orchids growing field of wheat would considered ...
... NATURE NOTES. Lows. Au intersting a a dog's frien4. ship with a hon.(' °centred at (egiaberlso4). The and dog—the latter a two-year.old retriever—shared same stable, and the dog. when its trios.' wan taken to the field for it' summer quar tore, appeared ...
... NATURE NOTES. The outfits of threshing tackle are now payina their annual visits the farms and their arrival is the signal for great activities. Manj hands 'are needed to run this wonderful machinery, and its musical humming has a very pleasant sound ...
... NATURE NOTES. [Br William E. Clare*. A.B.C.S.] Metamorphosis of Animals. The young the majority of the higher animals—those possessing backbone—are perfectly developed when born, tie, possess all the organs as in tbe adult cnly in a miniature form, certain ...
... NATURE NOTES. [Bt Williaw E. Clarke. A.E.C.S.] The Great Bear. The term The Great Bear given to special and easily-recognised group stars constellation visible the Northern hemisphere. It is popularly known The Plough or Charles' 6 Wain. It is directly ...
... NATURE NOTES Orientation of Swallows ...
... NATURE NOTES. THE UNICORN. Dragons and salamanders, wyverno and cockatrices, gee*e-bearing trees and gryphons, all had beginning somewhere, and so did the nni. corn. One theory ia that that beast originated in side view which some early traveller canght ...
... NATURE NOTES. [Br William E. Claeee, A.R.C.S.] Sw.uj.owr Swifts. The swallow- may distinguished the -v.itt following characteristics. possesses a forked tail ions, narrow outer feathers. It while the tail has a row rounded white spots across it. Beneath ...
... NATURE NOTES The welcome rain last week has made » won derful difference in the appearance of the try. The pastures are once more beautiful green colour, and the cornfields are rapidly ripening to harvest. One of the most beaut.fu sights and sounds in ...
... NATURE NOTES. [By William E. A.R.C.S.] The Moon. The moon is the earth's companion. It is the nearest of all heavenly bodies, revolving round the earth once in about 28 daj-s—to be exact, 27 days, 7 hours. 43 minutes—in an elliptical orbit of mean radius ...
... NATURE NOTES. [By William E. Clabke, A.E.C.S.] The Broom. the right-hand side tlie curved path, close the gate leading from Xewbold Terrace into the Jephson Gardens, is a small specimen of the only species woody monocotyledouous plants growing England ...
... Nature Notes October sees comings and goings in the bird world — late swallows walting for ideal migratory conditions yet tempted to stay with abundant supplies of insect life to be found. Yet already Scandinavian redwings and fieldfares have successfully ...