The French Communists
Sra,—In the Spectator of May 27th you publish a letter by Miss Frida Stewart which I cannot leave unanswered. Being French and having worked with the Free French movements, I......
The Stars And Stripes In England
SLR, —A reviewer of Sir Evelyn Wrench's Transatlantic London in the Spectator of May 6th quotes a pleasing story about " the first Aperican flag hoisted in old England." It is......
Native Roses In One Characteristic Hedge A Fine Bush Of
the field rose is growing by the side of a dog rose, both in flower, though the field rose is rather more floriferous and was in blossom earlier. It is, perhaps, surprising that......
The Land And Labour
Sta,—A good deal might be accomplished if some arrangement could be come to between the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the N.F.U. and the N.U.A.W. on the question of overtime. At......
A Bee Blossom Editors Of Country Papers Are Continually...
to suggest a list of flowers favoured by the hive bee, but in no answering list have I ever seen mentioned a flower which fills my bees with peculiar greed, cotoneaster......
In The Garden Nly Neighbour Had A Luscious Crop Of
ripe strawberries a good fortnight before mine showed sign of reddening ; and mine will be less gargantuan. The reason is twofold: The one crop was very heavily watered' in its......
Country Life
IT has long been said, and with truth, that the farmer despises the garden ; and his own garden has often been a most miserable affair. On the other hand, the farm labourer has......
Recoveries
How quick is the recovery from the destructive shocks of nature. Those species of bird that seemed to be almost wiped out by the severe frosts of two years ago—green woodpeckers......
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