... NATURE NOTES. THE QUEEN OF FLOWERB —THE ROBE. All people who are capable of applauding the beauty and sweetness of the the floral kingdom love roses. There is as ibis more charming dower in the unionise its the rose. It has been admired awi through all ...

... NATURE NOTES. LADY BIRD. The ladybird should be a welcome visitor, ama cue which we should often be thanaf al to IMO in great swarms during the summer months. For the ladybia is the deadly enemy of the dreaded aphis, a. green fly, from whose attacks scarcely ...

... NATURE NOTES Scarcity of butterflies CCIPARID with 29-30 years go. over the countryside an general. coloured butterflies are itarce these days. Smell numbers flit along railway embankmentssplendid reserves for wild life along roadside hedgbanks and in ...

... NATURE NOTES. THE MYSTERY OF SCENT. I In different parte of 1 , .• country, thouo in similar cirew.aLanoes, litevit! of Anl there is no eon)); o or of ve.r.tv direr sli:ity trail a, ch other in sac .t. Ast runs tan rabbit , for ,iinner by scent slow. ...

... NATURE NOTES. A PERFECT MARCH DAY. A perfect English March day is like no otkee day in the year, so full is it of promise hope. The air is cold, but the sun is hot. no slues have a blueness that is March's alone; flowers are more treasured this month ...

... NATURE NOTES. THE FOLKLORE OF TREES. Of all our trees there is none, perhaps, to which more folklore attachea than the common ash, though it is run very close by the mountain ash or rowan. As in the case of the elder, it is unlucky to cut down a young ...

... NATURE NOTES. BIRCH AND CO. SPECIAL OFFER OF CYCLES- £4 10s. Od. PLATED TWO INVERTED LINED FRAME _ j i A\T4 l 7 # B. - - ' ...

... NATURE NOTES TEA PLANTS An interesting shrub, naturalised in some hedges, the Duke of Argyll's tea-plant, has arching stems which bear solitary purple flowers with flve petal-like lobes and long, protruding yellow anthers. The fruit is a scarlet egg-shaped ...

... NATURE NOTES. THE JOBBING GARDENER. For the sake of both vegetation and peace of mind, it is frequently as well to lave the garden in the sole charge of its rightful sovereign, the gardener. In which case the latter will make the most of it, according ...

... NATURE NOTES. OPULENT JULY. Opulent July. This is the apt title of tbe monthly nature history in the July number of Pennon's whine is given an account of the chief nature doings of the month. In July the birds no a° gaily, but another form of wild ...

... NATURE NOTES A CUCKOO'S TRAGIC END. An interesting occurrence in bird life is reported from Poleshill. A few weeks ago a pair of yellow wagtails built their nest in a field of mowing grass by the side of the railway, and when the full complement of eggs ...

... NATURE NOTES. SPRING IS COMING. The returning tide of bird-life already MS strongly, though we scarcely notice it, because the passing stream of birds which through our gardens, woods, and fields, when: ever the south wind blows, consists as yet chiefly ...