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... NATURE NOTES. [Bi William B. Clakke, A.B.C.S.] Questionable Minebals. true mineral is defined as substance of one material through, formed without the agency of man, and under conditions in which neither vegetable nor animal life has taken part By common ...
... NATURE NOTES. Use and Beauty of the Hornbeam; The Rare Osprey. By Percy W. D. heard. In the times when the chaneel-burner'e wimp wee a familiar eight in oar fawn% and hie lamely labour day and night amid the tree never went without doe recompense, the ...
... NATURE NOTES. [Br Williajb E. Claeee. A.R.C.S.] Graphite. Graphite is a remarkable mineral found the earth. It is known under various names, of which plumbago arid black-lead are the most familuir. Chemically, it is identical with coal and with the diamond ...
... NATURE NOTES. SHELTER PLANTATIONS. Before the Newcastle Farmers' Club, on Saturday, Mr. A. C. Forbes read a paper on Shelter Plantations for Cattle. The only ali-rnative to shelter belts, he said, was buildings, and these were too expensive. Hie ides ...
... Nature Notes The Charm of Ashow W X*v. iu f n with the « weeds of the wayside to the loftiest trees. and from insects to birds. Enchanter’s Nightshade was stil * _ flour, and so was the pretty not-so-common Mellick grass. There were purple sloes >« the ...
... NATURE NOTES. The welcome sunshine of the last ueek has made great difference to all vegetation. The fields of mowing grass show special improvement, and now the machine is liusily cutting level lines round the clover and grass Helds. Held of mowing grass ...
... NATURE NOTES OBSERVATIONS DOG STORIES ...
... NATURE NOTES The Swift — almost the last ‘‘pee-a-wit” and the flock of our summer visiting birds slowly spirals into the sky on §E;nr:(lonhnve - to arrive — is certainly the broad, heavy wings. ' first to depart. Now and again Ruff and the This year has ...
... NATURE NOTES. William E. Claeke, A.R.C.S.] Winds. Wind 6 air motion. The particles comprising the atmosphere may set moving in a variety of ways—by heat, the motion of other bodies, such as a rapidly moving train or car. The air is never perfectly stationary; ...
... NATURE NOTES. The swifts arrived in Birmingham this week-end, before the swallows have really become plentiful : and many were out hawking for flies in the sunshine yesterday. Bluebell time has come, hawthorn is in full blossom in sunny places : and two ...
... NATURE NOTES. William E. Claeke, A.B.C.S.] Action Bivers on the Land. affect the configuration-of the land in two ways, (1) mechanically, (2) chemically. The former action is the more important and the more effective, for the running water (a) carries ...
... Nature Notes. THE SWEET INFLUENCE OF FLOWERS. Soft white clouds ave dappling the face of the silent sky, and mellow sunshine comes streaming through calmly, as though conscious of its depth and power, the diaphanous azure glimpees through the motley mist ...