29 SEPTEMBER 1944, Page 14

In My Garden

It is a sign of the times (or the interpretation of the times?) that the seedsmen and nurserymen have been substituting flower advertisements for vegetable ; and the public has been responding. Doubtless part of the reason is that—to speak roughly—autumn is the beginning of the flower grower's season and spring of the vegetable. Among ornamental fruits that have flourished with me is Pirus Torinoides, which I should put as the best of its sort. The brilliant crab-like fruits in the thorn- shaped leaves have the quality of surprise as well as beauty. Berber!' berries, especially those akin to the wild barberry, are in quantity and well worth making into jam. The flavour, with its Aliquid Amari, is Postage on this Issue: inland, ild.; Overseas, Id.