28 SEPTEMBER 1934, page 16

A Saved Sanctuary It Is Pleasant To Know That Another

little bird sanctuary has been secured, in perpetuity. Thanks in some measure to readers of The Spectator (whom the honorary secretary wishes to thank from his Honiton Rectory),......

Drought Anomalies Though Waterspouts Descend We Shall...

south English country places be enduring the drought for at least four months to come ; and we have no great confidence that February fill-dyke will deserve its name and......

A Savoury Pod It Is Astounding How Many Semi-tropical Plants

may be in some measure persuaded to flourish in England. For example, there is another pod-bearing exotic plant that has horticultural though not agricultural possibilities. It......

Country Life

Scotland at its Best Seldom has the charm of Scotland filled its immigrants with greater zeal than in this year when the north has excelled the south in congenial weather. It......

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A Naturalized Bean A good deal has been said of the production of the first English crop of Soya beans, grown by Mr. Ford in Essex. He is to be congratulated ; and the feat......

A Cuckoo Theory Yet Another Theory About The Cuckoo Reaches

me indirectly from a great naturalist in the West of Britain. He saw a pair of cuckoos intently observing a nest ; and this prefatory interest of the cuckoo in the nest it had ,......

Migrant Butterflies The New Study Of The Migration, Not Of

birds but of moths and butterflies is making considerable advances all along the line. One of the more unexpected places where very rare moths have appeared is the •......