... NATURE NOTES. nhnrls him—dart wars earth i shooU now be Car Psnsphooe. '. tows the bareness the limes, sod sycamores, and the aorrawfuilv liM look of the greenery that has toueaad the frost, give the impression that winter is bard upon ns. the opsn, i» ...

... Nature Notes. THE WOODS IN MAY. Everywhere the green indescribable delight of soft new leaves, Wistaria trailing ill at the window wide, of flowering red or white, of pale golden Laburnums, of great Horse-chestnuts thrusting forth their glowing torches ...

... NATURE NOTES. When tlio calendar made the formal announcement of Spring's arrival last Saturday there was powdering snow the rifts on die hill.-. This. 1 suppose, is how we ourselves would have the ordering of things; at rate, art experiencing a normal ...

... Nature Notes. A solitary tread rings with many eerie echoings down the court, on a sudden grown strangely silent The ghosts 'are sobbing quietly among the chimneys for the familiars who are gone. London, eo we read a few weeks ago, was empty ; now the ...

... Nature Notes. *'T!;e tumult and the shouting die*, it to get again where the greeu things wander 1 all beautilul created .. lad the sunshine, loving the among thrili to the soiS, the woodland bird- l'» ». into liie where the thought* c-oc.e'tiu-ui'giHg ...

... NATURE NOTES. Naturalists who have made a study of the British seals are well aware- that the sandbanks of the Wash, between the coasts Of Norfolk and Lincolnshire, are frequented all the year Tound by considerable number of common seals; but it is not ...

... NATURE NOTES. v about the present season of the yes* thai our noblest and most beautiful butterflies spring into being. Like some fair they, oooe things that crept the bare earth, burst forth from the shroud-like wrappings that enveloped them into the ...

... Nature Notes. it Yiappy April, fair maid aun and akowena Wilt Iter Iteart filial wtli music and both with flow*m Will. II Ooilvi*. 'A fortroght an go the north eauterly gaa4i were blowing k» - u!y and the maich of apring was eta>«-d lit* Holers |keif ...

... Nature Notes. About Ulloowood and Seven Springs the wood* are * marvel of harmonioua flaunting How the creamy autumn ravels and flames among ttie wondrous burnished copper of the beeches The graceful. tapering poplars show up among the sombre, flowering ...

... NATURE NOTES. To make this earth our hermitage A cheerful and changeful page, God's bright and intricate device Of davs and seasons doth suffice. —R. L. S. The delight of April days is daintily enfilm. the countryside. Brilliance of blossoming tn-chards ...

... NATURE NOTES, Among the proudest and most graceful of ornaments (inanimate, of course) that go beautify our thoroughfares, few can be said surpass the birch tree. Aery and delicate looking as it appears, the trcd one of the hardiest known, for it. will ...

... NATURE NOTES, o July over, and the holiday month here! The stealthy-footed Old Father has stolen march on this time, and no mistake! His old sides must have shook again with malicious mirth to see us poor mundanes struggling with umbrellas and great-coat* ...