14 JULY 1917, Page 11

fTo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1

have long had much the same thought in my mind as your correspondent Mrs. Wigan, and as a fact I was on the point of trying to find some influential person to take the matter up. It seems to me, however, that to make the scheme a success it would need to go far beyond the probably inexperienced efforts of women and children. I would therefore suggest on appeal to the great Kentish and other nurserymen, to the owners of the countless great private gardens where gardeners are still kept, as well as to all humbler folk whose will is perhaps greater than their knowledge and opportunities. If all who have the power would undertake to raise young fruit-trees in proportion to their means, England might have a gift worthy of being offered to her