... Nature Notes. WIMIS. I A-t vritf, « snow ocroe and north wind. Spring « jet •-if fr«*e of the cold granp the vHi'i-r. llio temporary ««cti>ack j« I** In ft speedy r>priug cosung. lui. after all, t.ocUi more than i.d a «-rding to compui;U ...

... Nature Notes. * There was time in the history of ®-* D then lack of interest the ways and means ef visible meant extinction. Lou* More tbo days organised agriculture behoved man stir himself in the matter avoiding his specie* to the guise plants and ...

... Nature Notes. AMONG THE STUBBEE. The opening days of September were superior perhaps to any day the pa»t summer. and did not, everyone anticipated should, step directly into another season. The roses are still a lovely show, and while the truly Autumn ...

... NATURE NOTES. TIME OF THE SINGING OF BIRDS. These April days are full days for the] lover—none fuller. The orchards, jj-jj,, »jid hedgerows seem have sprang into W just purpose to give adequate the delicious bird-notes that come lntervolved and spreading ...

... Nature Notes. ANIMALS—AND BOYS. Hie extent which people bee become civilised always in proportion the number and variety the annnak it has subdued service. English, must be admitted, are tolerably well advanced that way, and will become increasingly difficult ...

... NATURE NOTES. The standing objection botany always been, writes the Rev. Gilbert Whits in his Natural History Selborne, thus it is a pursuit that amuses the fancy and exercises the memory, without improving the mind or advancing any real knowledge ...

... Nature Notes. When leaves fall, then winter hand. The year is grown weak with the weight of its days, but the wan emr.le of the watery sun has walking very agreeable for the seceon. And those few days about the Feast are always fine, tradition says ...

... NATURE NOTES. The feeling of love for Nature, though sometimes latent and often undeveloped, shared by the vast majority of English people. It is most likely that once haying begun investigation* earnestly, everyone will continue take increasing interest ...

... NATURE NOTES. There is a thin coat of snow whitening tlie hills write these notes, and the hedges and woods stand out as sepia lines and patches. This of tilings may not last long, for the wind, though steady and keen, shows a tendency towards the magical ...

... NATURE NOTES. .j. It easy to observe and think of the cart which the animal lavishes upon its offspring, the food and protection provided the parent, and the cherishing of new for the part it must play in a world of strife. But there are other interesting ...

... NATURE NOTES. V Hie liills at this time of tJie year nre, would seem, too bare and inhospitable for any beside the most confirmed of ramblers; anil all, I suppose, because of the conviction that in early January there i« nothing to see. This spirit wrong ...

... Nature Notes. A correspondent writes tell that the other day watched Barn Owl making its silent flights from tree to tree near Little Swindon three o'clock tiic afternoon, and wonders whether this was not an unusual departure from the creature's habits ...