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NATURE NOTES 
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
W. M. Scott. — Probably Salix prostrata Sm. 
A. Bonus. — The moth is Amphidasis betularius , var. doubledayaria, an 
uncommon melanic variety of the common Pepper-and-salt Moth. 
F. M. Millard. — Erigeron canadensis L. 
Mrs. Needham. — I am afraid I cannot identify the shrub from the specimen 
sent. 
Omega. — It is difficult to name “ interesting, reliable text-books, illustrated 
in accurate colours,” as the best text-book writers discourage the reliance on 
coloured illustrations, and enforce the lesson that the beginner must expect 
some drudgery in obtaining accurate knowledge. 
(1) Hulme’s “ Familiar Wild Flowers ” and Step’s “ Wayside and Woodland 
Blossoms,” two series, price 6s. each, are fairly coloured, but are not complete 
nor scientifically arranged. C. P. Johnson’s “ British Wild Flowers,” illustrated 
by Sowerby, is a more complete, but much more expensive work. Johns’ 
“Flowers of the Field ’’(S.P.C.K.), or Bentham and Hooker’s “ Plandbook of 
the British Flora,” with the volume of illustrations by W. H. Fitch and W. G. 
Smith (about a guinea), are accurate, but uncoloured. 
(2) A remarkably cheap series are “Our Country’s Birds,” “Our Country’s 
Butterflies and Moths,” “ Our Country’s Animals ” (including Reptiles), by 
W. J. Gordon (Simpkin, price 6s. each) ; but the colouring is necessarily some- 
what crude. Dr. Bowdler Sharpe’s 4 volumes on “ British Birds” in “ Allen’s 
Naturalist’s Library,” Mr. Harting’s “ Handbook ” (Van Voorst, 7s. 6d.), Mr. 
Howard Saunders’ “ Manual ” (Gurney and Jackson, 21s.), and Mr. A. G. 
Butler’s “ British Birds’ Eggs,” 30s., are, of course, better. 
(3) It is difficult to recommend anything better than Mr. South’s “ Butterflies 
of the British Isles” (Warne, 6s.). 
(4) Staveley's “ British Insects ” (Reeve, 14s.), is an old but good book. 
(5) R. Lydekker’s “ Handbook to British Mammalia ” (Allen), Bell’s “ British 
Reptiles” (Van Voorst, 12s), or M. C. Cooke’s “Our Reptiles” (Allen, 6s.). 
(6) There are no more readable scientific works than Sir Archibald Geikie’s 
on Geology, published by Macmillan, “ Primer,” is., “Class-book,” 4s. 6d., and 
“ Text-book,” 32s., which are progressive. 
(7) Proctor’s “ New Star Atlas ” (Longmans, 5s.). 
You might try Collins in Great Portland Street, or Poole in Charing Cross Road. 
The office of the Country-Side will find Mr. E. K. Robinson. 
S. S. — Artemisia Abrotcenum , L., Southernwood, perhaps wild in Spain, 
long cultivated for its perfume and known by many popular names, such as Old 
Man, Lad’s Love, &c., is a wormwood, a member of the Order Composites. 
J. H. Crow. — The nest is probably that of the Chiff-chaff. 
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