A Small Point In The Essay, Which Interests Me, Concerns
that attractive alien, the larch, beloved of Tennyson but hated by Wordsworth, who published an angry protest against its un-English greenery. Lord Crawford, who says nothing of......
Alien Animal.s.
A very considerable number of animals from abroad are being released in England. I am not thinking of the more notorious aliens : the grey squirrel, the little owl, or even the......
English Scenery.
Another aspect of England and of Britain is presented by Lord Crawford and Balcarres in as charming an essay as any countryman could desire. He calls it The Personality of......
Doctors In Husbandry.
Everyone—it is one of the best signs of the times—is taking the question of agriculture seriously : "rural bias" is in vogue. One of the latest pleaders is Mr. Cloudesley......
Country Life
OXFORD TOADS. This is a true story of the recent colonization of North Oxford with a batrachian population. A lady with a charming Eden, in which the only snake was a plague of......
And Hedgehogs.
Perhaps I may recall to gardeners in general the success of a resident in North London who imported a hedgehog from Epping. It was chiefly remarkable, as recorded at the time,......
England's " Death Agonies."
Lord Ernie, who writes a preface, quotes that dreadful pronouncement made not long since by M. Herriot, once Prime Minister of France : " We are witnessing the death agonies of......
On The Subject Of The More Or Less Newly Introduced
varieties of pheasant, they include Amhersts, Reeve's, Eliot, Golden, Silver, Japanese Versicolor, Melanistic Mutants and many others. There are two qualities in the various......
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