. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 1136.—Bald-faced Coot, ^tli nat. Fig. 1137.—Heron. Wild Geese have been seen crossing over the garden, but have never been knov/n to settle. The Heron (Ardea cinerea, fig, 1137) comes to our water, and, though so elegant on the wing and so interesting to observe, is not altogether a welcome visitor, especially as he delights to come at night. The heron is most destructive to trout: he stands on the shallows, and when a trout comes near him it is instantly tr
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 1136.—Bald-faced Coot, ^tli nat. Fig. 1137.—Heron. Wild Geese have been seen crossing over the garden, but have never been knov/n to settle. The Heron (Ardea cinerea, fig, 1137) comes to our water, and, though so elegant on the wing and so interesting to observe, is not altogether a welcome visitor, especially as he delights to come at night. The heron is most destructive to trout: he stands on the shallows, and when a trout comes near him it is instantly transfixed by the heron's powerful beak. Many a large fish is thus destroyed, besides those which are devoured, and hence they are doubly destructive. If a person wants herons, he cannot have fish; "and M M. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Daldy
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