10 NOVEMBER 1939, page 21

Rabbits For Food

Sul,—Sir Rowland Sperling's persevering campaign against the rabbit puts the farmer much in his debt, and it is only in the interests of natural history that I feel obliged to......

Peace Loving Plants

The Royal Horticultural Society is urging us all not to postpone our orders to nurserymen. It might argue its case with even greater urgency, for the last War provided an......

Nut Thieves

Some of us have been watching the total disappearance of one of our kindly fruits, the walnut. One tree in the Midlands has been the scene of a hot competition between grey......

The Post To Switzerland

SrR, — I write on Monday, October 3oth. We here have today received The Spectator dated Friday, October loth (eleven days, allowing for the fact that it was posted on the day......

A Diary

A good dish of raspberries was gathered last week in a Warwickshire garden. What a high tribute we owe to " Lloyd George "! The loveliest flower, excepting chrysanthemum and......

Country Life

De-urbanised Children We have heard too much of children and expectant mothers giving way to the nostalgia for the town. The following incident is also true. Half a dozen urban......

Prizes Of Book Tokens For £2 25. And Li Is.

are offered for the best answers in not more than 30o words to the following question: " Which of the recognised classics of Literature do you most dislike and why? " The report......