In My Garden The Subject Of Hedge Plants Seems To
be engaging very general atten- tion, and opinions differ. That famous gardener W. Robinson disliked yew, which is generally regarded as ideal, and yet more viciously the......
The Bloody Turk"
Some years ago the search for a cider apple that was thought to have vanished was brought to success by three readers of The Spectator. The variety bore the euphonious name of......
Country Life
THE worse the weather the more native plants and some native wild creatures seem to flourish. November was a month of gale and rain ; but seldom have flowers so prospered beyond......
On The Air
Tim week's broadcasting contained two excellent pieces of criticism. Middleton Murry's talk on Keats' Ode to a Nightingale was a masterly piece of lucid exposition, penetrating,......
Migration Of Ducks
The wonders of migration of the duck tribe have been brought further into the open by the experiences of the ringing station at Orielton Decoy. Even peasants in remote countries......
A Query
The careful Tennyson, writing of seed-distribution in In Mentoritmt, said, "Of fifty brings but one to bear." He was criticised for his gross under-statement by a scientific......
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