24 SEPTEMBER 1948, Page 14

In the Garden

Seasons are strangely upset: with me a bush of Laurustinus is now in the fullest flower on the south side, and flowers are plentiful on Viburnum Fragrans, Cydonia Japonica, Choisya and Honeysuckle. Some black- berries have as much young flower as ripe berry.. As to growth both Rhus Cotinus and apple have just begun to sprout freely. As to flowering shrubs perhaps the most beautiful of all in autumn is the

purple-leaved variety of Rhus Cotinoides. W. BEACH THOMAS.