Autumnal Rivalry
The claim for Warwickshire and Hertfordshire that they were still producing plentiful raspberries seems to have stirred general rivalry, and accounts of overflowing dishes of the fruit have reached me from far and. wide. The most northerly claimants live in the neighbourhoods of Leeds and of Perth. Indeed, " Lloyd George " has in truth defeated the seasons. He has, of course, been encouraged by weather which has been foul but favourable. Green vege- tables are as good and full of flavour as in spring, and though the trees are completely stripped of leaves, scores of plants are still in flower. The winter flowerers, such as Laurustinus or that other Viburnum, labelled Fragrans, have anticipated their own precocious season, and the number of " stragglers from the files of June " must amount to two or three score of species. Honeysuckle, primula, rose and even briars, garden daisies, gentian, and heather are in the list.
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