... NATURE NOTES. Chicory and Its Charms. I wonder we don't take more pains in providing ourselves with chicory. It is marvellous in its use, and some friends of mine regard it as indispensable both for stews and salads and dishes that accompany eggs for ...

... NATURE NOTES. Mouse and Conscience. Some time ago I related an equate of a pet mouse which lived In the region the fender, and came forth eat afternoon tea crumbs while read. Unfortunately, though I admire him still, have had to out his acquaintance, ...

... NATURE NOTES. Adventure. The other night the Child and I had what agreed was an adventure. We had gone out to . the pool below the hatches to look at the remnants of a sunset, and it was worth doing, for what had been smoke-grey bars of cloud turned while ...

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... NATURE NOTES TN th# winter the tree* look different Irom those hot day* when they were one mass shady leaves. Now, if possible, they seem even prettier, and their real shapes and their delicate outlines can be distinguished against the pale sky. On the ...

... Nature ‘Notes Early February's bitter winds knifed across Rivington and brought snow to the Douglas Valley: only small amounts compared with West Yorkshire and Derbyshire. g TP The hard weather, however, did not put an end to the daily song of the familiar ...

... nature notes the morning, or how about a barge trip looking at our local wildlife while other activities will include: family pond dips, rock climbing, story tellers, treasure hunts, fun days Wigan Flashes open day, etc. ...

... NATURE NOTES. The Senses Bees. Those interested bee-culture have proved that bees have a tremendous amount of reasoning power, and that most their senses are as acute as our own. Certainly they can smell, and see and taste and feel. Indeed. Lord believes ...

... nature notes three metres away, so felt safe enough not to slide into the water and disappear which is their usual means of escape. They originate from central and south eastern United States, with literally thousands of infants being imported to pet ...

... Nature Notes A pair of red squirrels have been seen in a local wood, and the Wildlife Warden at Haigh Country Park, Graham Workman, tells me that up tp three pairs of wood warblers have nested in the Park. Five pairs of great crested grebes have bred ...

... Nature Notes IT was minus six degrees centigrade when I left the cottage. The woodlands had been painted by frost and the freezing fog was still low on the ground. I wasn't expecting to see much, it was more of an early morning wander than a birdwalk ...

... NATURE NOTES. My pleadante4 route lay through a spinney tot aerttsc the ley, but the gathering gloom sun , :otted the adsisabdit♦ of a shorter but les.ttractive way. !decided, however, to tracer-. the wilder path. Ily be,itancy might ludicrous to thove ...