15 MARCH 1946, Page 14

In My Garden

While the crocuses and the first daffodils have been totally obscured (though not much damaged) by the snow, the weeping willow has con- tinued to expand its yellow leaves and catkins and to give a bright suggestion of spring in the midst of belated winter. It is invaluable on this account alone. The budding of the gooseberries reminds me that the commercial growers of gooseberries seem to nurse a very strong preference for those most prolific bearers, Careless and Ianrashire Lad. I have seen them recommended in several places, but hardly realised how pre-eminent was their position among commercial growers.

W. BEACH THOMAS.