There Are, Of Course, Trees In The World That Have
attained thrice this age. It is said, though I doubt the evidence, that the dragon tree (a quaint, broomlike thing) within the garden of Government House at Gibraltar is a......
The Age Of Trees.
. Almost everyone who possesses an old tree, whether as his own property or as the booty of his eyes, wonders what its age may be and is tempted to exaggerate its years. There......
The Preservation Of Ancient Cottages Is One Detail Only Of
the campaign for preservation ; but it carries a peculiar appeal. The old English cottage—and quite a number are pre-Elizabethan—has no parallel. The Royal Society of Arts did a......
Australian Favourites.
The cult of birds is advancing nowhere more quickly than in Australia ; and the annual Bird Day of November 21st is celebrated with continually increasing gusto. That lively and......
Birds And Food.
My experience in feeding birds this year is that no food is quite so popular as cheese. The circular rind of a small local cheese, whose walls are strengthened with a sort of......
The Whole Race In Britain, As In Scotland, Is Strangely
devoted to man and his habitations. I knew of one, in a famous aviary, that played a regular game of hide-and-seek with its attendant. A pied wagtail in my own garden used to......
The Vogue Of Afforestation.
Not even in Evelyn's day was the subject of tree-planting quite so widely canvassed as to-day in British country places, or were so many exotics tried. A surprising number of......
Country Life
OLD COTTAGES. More and more thoroughly each year the several counties of England are taking pains to discover and preserve their peculiar beauties and values. Private societies......
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