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... Nature Notes TRUE to our British charactei . we find plenty to grumble about nowadays, not least at the disappointing weather. Yet despite cold wind and sparse sunshine the world out-of-doors goes steadily on from season to season, making do with whatever ...

... Nature notes Birds in Winter We cannot think of the countryaids without its birds, and even in Winter their lively oomg=o= brightens our walks in sad laws. Birds Sr. never semi. when not in full i= have a wide range of as country folk ail lane-side elms ...

... --- - - Nature notes s HAWTHORN TIME wip THIS IS MAY, month when Spring, on the brink of the more florid loveliness of Summer, reaches the height of its beauty. It is a month of flowers, both wild and cultivated, but its most characteristic bloom is the ...

... Nature notes j • MELLOW FRUITFULNESS _TORN KEATS spoke of Autumn as season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, and when Autumn is actually with us this phrase can be fully appreciated. The early morning mists lie veillike over the fields, to be dispersed ...

... Nature notes WEATHER LORE j PYRE weather, like the poor, is always with us. It provides our commonest topic of conversation, we watch its portents, adjust our wardrobe to it, plan our outings with it in mind and give great attention to the weather forecasts ...

... .• i • , . I Nature notes L. HEDGEHOGS O:4E of the smallest and most curious of our wild animals, the hedgehog, ludgepig or hc.dgc utchin, as it is vattou.ty called, is one oi the most interesting. A member of the Inseettvcau, o: insect -eating mammals ...

... Nature notes Butterti.o and Moths 1 N countries more picturesqu e in language than ours, outterthes and moths are reerred to as flying jewels, and what name could be mote suitable for these tiny bright creatures with wings enamelled the colours of ...

... .. ' \ 'CORONA' NATURE NOTES . - • .: .. • • .--.. 11 1 ,• , . . -- • 4 - . . I , • 2 ‘ *; • ; . / . *f W ''.k. :. F , \ • • •..0 - vry- g. . v \ • ' . • . ‘- , .'. The Barn Owl Sometimes of an evening one or a church tower. The plumb startled ...

... - ‘1 . 11.1 1i ; • J , • I Nature notes THE INVADING FERN In April the well curled fronds of ferns push their way through last year's dead leaves and rapidly begin to unroll. This method of opening is obviously to protect the delicate leaf tip and while ...

... 18,1919 I i Nature notes j WEEDS THE English Dictionary Is clear and concise in its definition of a weed— a plant . growing wild In . . cultivated gr'ound: l- This answers a question often asked as to the difference between wild flowers and weeds, for ...

... i Nature notes THE MOLES ARE ON TIIE MARCH AGAIN -A pEBRUARY Is certainly filling - the dykes, and the fact that this month Is also known as the gateway to the year Is lost sight of among torrential rains, gale warnings and reports of ficods. Yet the ...