THE MAGAZINE OE THE 
WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED 
EDITED 
CONTENTS 
No. ioo. Vol. IX. 
April, 1898. 
Mature 12otes. 
6. S. BOUIGER., FLS.TGS , * 
Professor of Botany and Geology, City of London College ^ J*L 
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SEl.BORNIANA. Tree Planting on Hampstead 
Heath. — The Scarcity of Birds in Hertford- 
shire. — The Portmadoc and Beddgelert Rail- 
way.— The Royal Buckbounds . . .. .. 6, 
CHURCHYARD-BOTTOM WOOD, HICHGATE. By Archibald Clarke ' 64 
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI. By Helen J. Ormerod .. .. b7 
COMMON LIFE IN SPRING. By A. C. Mackie ~ 
BIRD-PROTECTION. Audubon Societies in the United States.— Protective 
Legislation; — A Protest from “ Ouida." — Grebes. — Annual Report of the 
Society for the Protection of Birds. — Mr. Watts’s Picture 72 
NATURE-KNOWLEDGE. By the Editor 
REVIEWS AND EXCHANGES " " 
NATURAL HISTORY NOTES AND QUERIES. Hornets, Wasps and 
Bees.— Hornets, Cockchafers, &c. — Hawtinches . . .. 7 8 
NEWS FROM THE BRANCHES L 
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