2 NOVEMBER 1934, Page 16

First Frosts

The first frosts, beneficently postponed till the eve of November, changed our world more abruptly than is common in this land and clime of quiet gradations. The elms had been quite green and, in the garden, the nasturtiums were still growing fast and flowering profusely, not least that loveliest and newest variety, golden glow. In one morning their glory and the glory of the dahlias departed ; and a like fate. befell some trees, especially the chestnuts ; but the native elms grew lovelier. The yellow tint that prevails when the green fluid flows back into the twigs has a peculiarly sunny effect ; but their. doom is near. November will not rival one of the best Octobers in memory.

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