26 JULY 1935, page 16

The Surprise View

Of all the appeals made to the National Trust and by the National Trust none concerns a more vital scenic beauty than the Langshaw Estate and the so-called Surprise View. The......

Climbing Roses

The flowers of London are hardly less worth attention than the birds. Gerard the herbalist grew nine sorts of roses . in his garden at 'Holborn in 1596 and Parkinson twenty-four......

Wanted—a Cage

The island of Skokholm, off the mouth of Milford Haven, has been made famous the world over by Mr. Lockley. He has done for it very much what Gatke did for Heligoland. Since......

A Spring Idyll

One reason why new birds are recorded is that the number and zeal of watchers increase. A paragraph contributed by one of them is too good not to repeat, though it concerns one......

The Wtstering Owl

" Nature red in tooth and claw " is a fact we cannot blink ; but nature is apt to be a good deal redder under unwise inter- ference. The instance in my mind is the latest record......

Country Life

London Birds London continues to justify itself as one of the best of bird sanctuaries. Last year, as most other years, brought new records. Who would have thought of seeing a......