. COUNTRY LIFE HOLLY berries are still untouched and are
sufficiently numerous. They are a tough fruit as is witnessed by their slowness to germinate. The berries sown this winter will not start growing till 1946; but happily they then grow freely, especially where they are sown by birds. I know one favourite feeding ground which today is green with a, good many score of seedling hollies. The one rose or briar bush in my garden that has been attacked by birds with some energy is the briar Moschata Floribunda. It seems to be sweeter than the dog-rose or sweet-briar. Even such a barberry as Wilsonae is as red as ever with berries, and by way of proclaiming the nature of the season these gleam under a prunus (Subhirtella Autumnalis) which, like Viburnum Fragrans, is in very full blossom. Bedding roses still supply the house with bowls-full of good flowers.
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