12 APRIL 1940, page 21

Roman Fountain"

have no wish to argue with the review of my Roman Fountain in your paper, although, naturally, I am not in agreement with it and wish that your reviewer might have had a......

Country Life Epitomised Spring The Late Springs Are The...

springs, and England today is more English than ever. Almost everything, except the earlier warblers and sand martins, have waited for April, birds and flowers, both. Some......

Russia And The Baltic States

SIR,—Some months ago you were good enough to print a letter from me, pointing out that the pacts of mutual assist- ance between the Soviet Union and the Baltic States should not......

Burlesquing Haw-haw

SIR, —There is probably a much better way to meet Lord Haw- Haw than, as Miss Byrne suggests, by factual refutation, and that is by burlesque. Already, of course, Haw-Haw is a......

Vulnerable Trees In A Sort Of Tree Census, Taken Of

approved districts in the West of England, it appears that the common spruce, which had lost some of its old popularity, stood the winter with complete success, while its......

Garden Queries

A passing allusion to that small and lovely bush, the cerato- stigma has brought inquiries. The bush, which rather suggests a plumbago, is hardier than the comparison suggests ;......

Popular Land Girls

The highest possible praise of the land girls begins to appear in the local Press from one side of the island to the other, and different qualities are selected. The Yorkshire......

Munition Factories And The Population

SIR, —The recent announcement by the Minister of Supply that 37 new munition factories are to be built immediately in Britain raises questions of real importance regarding the......