26 OCTOBER 1951, Page 14

In the Garden This is the time when the only

scented clernatis—flammu/a or Maiden's Bower—embalms the autumnal fulfilment. It is rather a nuisance to grow because its dense foliation' takes up room, but I mi., mine against a brick pillar. When the white blossom-like florets appear out of the leafage, they are almost as dense and the scent is sweet as honeysuckle.

Even though I postponed the apple-harvest till the second half of this month, it was astonishing how tenaciously the fruit clung to the trees and—still more surprising—the " earlies " like Ellison's Orange (huge fruit, the bigger weighing lb. each) were the more resistant. A topsy- turvy season. The apples should be left on the shelves to sweat before