14 DECEMBER 1945, Page 14

In My Garden A beautiful bowl of roses was flourishing

at the end of the first week of December, and a mixed vaseful of iris, yellow jessamine and primuti suggested spring in the midst of frost. Herbaceous borders with clumr of Chrysanthem6m at the back and yellow alyssum flowering at the edge show little of the usual " old December's bareness everywhere " On the subject of spring, there is. still time to sow broad beans, and the winter-sown often do better than the spring-sown. The wise gardener will not delay to order his seeds (especially seed potatoes) without delay.

W. BEACH THOMAS.