More Wild Flowers.
The fight for the preservation of our wild flowers is not to be allowed to die. The sword is to remain out of the sheath till " England's green and pleasant land," dissimili......
May's Gu"rs.
May has brought two things new to this year of grace : a south wind with rain in its embrace ; and though the speed of growth and budding and flowering has been almost fantastic......
Congenial Trees.
Everyone with an orchard is asked this spring and summer to watch which kinds of apple or pear or plum flower simulta- neously. Some quite astonishing results of cross......
Country Life
THE CLEVEREST Binh. The strangest story with regard to bird intelligence, especially the case of owls, comes from the Surrey estate of Sir George Courthope (the estate from......
Dangerous Rats.
A good account, worth the attention of anyone who might think of naturalizing any foreign animal, reaches me from the Continent on the subject of a certain large rat that is......
Wrynecr Versus Owl.
A neighbour of mine had both little owls and wrynecks nesting in his garden, and kept particular notice of the wry- necks, which are not very often attracted to nesting boxes.......
A Faithful Labourer.
An unexpected illustration of the continuity of tradition in rural life is worth recording from Lincolnshire. I found new buildings being put up to accommodate the immigrant......
At This Juncture One Of The Keepers Saw With His
very eyes a little owl attack and kill a brood of pheasant chicks ; but the deed done, the bird flew away without eating its kill. A watch was maintained. Presently the bird......
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