CONTENTS 



LETTER I 



Country Life at Riverside Painting out of doors Picture 

 of "The Garland "Number of Flowers blooming at 

 Michaelmas Jam - making Velvet Rose Approach 

 of Winter Open-air Fete at Lockinge . . * 



LETTER II 



Description of Riverside House Wharves Alterations 



Boarding-school Inscriptions by School-girls Sink- ___ 

 age of Floors Trees The Sycamore Nests, etc. . 8 



LETTER III 



Starlings : their habits, bathing, activity, ventriloquism, 

 feeding, etc. Rooks and Starlings Rooks Birds' 

 feeding habits in general compared Squirrel Winter 

 Aconites . . ... . , .. 14 



LETTER IV 



Growth of Plants in Spring Endogens and Exogens The 

 Loop System The Spike System Effect of Light 

 in retarding growth Protection afforded by the droop- 

 ins: of blooms Bees Robins Ewelnie . 



