The Species Of Trees Are As Little Realized As The
number of suitable areas. It seems not improbable that the cryptomeria, which most of us regard as a merely ornamental gardea tree, may become commercially valuable. The world......
The Year Once Began In March ; And Even A
Roman poet argued that it " ought to have been begun in young spring " ; but though January is the coldest and most wintry month of the year, it is amazing in this northern,......
Country Life And Sport
NEW FORESTRY EXPERIMENTS. Within twenty-five miles of London has recently been estab- lished a small farm, which would be worth a pilgrimage of landowners and farmers. Perhaps a......
800 Miles An Hour.
A query on a problem in natural history reached me all the way from America. It seems that an American entomologist has been gauging the speed of flight in various South......
This Unanimous Verdict Is Worth The Attention Of British...
The Government, of course, is doing a good deal. The new fir forests at Thetford are a cheery sight ; and the subsidiary small holdings connected with them are almost as......
The Cleverest Animal.
Which is the most sagacious of beasts is an old controversy that found its way even into the Latin grammars. But the subject is not yet worked out to a conclusion. A new point......
Doubtless The Various Breeds Of Horses Differ A Good Deal
; and so far as my experience goes I should say that the Shire is as much cleverer than the race-horse—though the perfect patient mentioned above is thoroughbred—as the......