7 DECEMBER 1929, Page 14

GARDEN PRIVILEGES.

Such excesses of weather as we have experienced--the wettest November after the driest summer—have reduced our gardens to a pitiable state in outer appearance. -Even the stems of Jertnialern artiehoked have almoSt rotted -away, and the' ground is a 'Colloidal marsh. Nevertheless it is wise to remember that even December may be a planting month. The warmth of the soil is still quite unusual, and in corrobora- tion we find our herbaceous plants making rapid root growth. How often in our blessed climate winterplanting, if the ground becomes dry enough, pays better than spring planting. W. BEAcn-Tnoilas.