The Value Of An Acre.
Is there any reason why the public should not take a hand ? An acre can be bought and planted—even in England —for a very small sum. In New Zealand I heard it alleged that 125......
Bird Boxes And Sparrows.
Those who are investigating their bird boxes, ready for new homes, will find that in some of the older ones the holes are enlarged ; and it is odds in many gardens that the......
Prodigies Of Growth.
' I have been looking at slices of tree ▪ s felled in different parts of the world. The section that most filled the eye was cut from a Pinus insignis. We have many fine......
Scottish Plovers.
Good news for lovers and protectors of birds may be reported from Scotland, where the protective societies have a bigger membership than at any time in their history. They hope......
Country Life
A FOREST SENSE. It is becoming a commonplace of criticism that within twenty years or so the virgin forests of the world will be levelled and the inhabitants will be suffering......
Thieves Of Flowers.
It is good news that the British Association has begun to take a hand in the conservation of wild flowers. A com- mittee is now at work with a special intention to encourage......
Hard Woods And Soft.
Hard woods are fairly plentiful and are not being eaten up extravagantly. Indeed, there is not always so eager a market as there should be for such gorgeous woods as grow, for......
Migration News.
Interest in the migration of birds is now so general that as a rule we get information of the arrival of the better-known species at widely separated stopping places on their......
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