12 NOVEMBER 1927, Page 16

A " DOOR YARD EXCHANGE "

[TO the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] The suggeStion of a garden festival, at which gardenerd mould exchange plants and seeds, by Sir W. &leach: Thomas in your issue of September 3rd, has already -been -• tried out with great success. Every "autumn, at Holly House; Peace Dale, Rhode Island, there is held a " Door Yard Ex' change," the happy thought of Mrs. Rowland Gibsori.. Hazard, President of the South County Garden Club. PeopIC come from miles around. It is an occasion of great goodwill; :- for a real gardener, like" a real Christian, is dynamic ; so the circle widens, and more flowers blossom every year:7-I - - (Letters to- the Editor continued on page 8884