13 APRIL 1929, page 14

The Popular Ley.

In British farming, owing to the bad times, the word ley (which seems to be scarcely knownto urban folk) is taking on a new importaiiee. Only sonie soils will grow good......

The Pick Of The Garden. •

It is a pretty habit at Kew Gardens to post upon the gates a weekly list of the flowers or bushes that are especially worth a visit. The authorities might perhaps add trees to......

London's Sanctuary.

Further details reach me of the amazing number and variety of duck that enjoyed London this winter and spring. On March 28rd one observer saw on a London reservoir about 74 male......

Almost Every County In England Is Co-operating In Some Form.

Definite action is being taken by the Rural Community Coun- cils of the shires of Gloucester, Hertford, Derby, of Hampshire and Wiltshire Twenty panels of architects are in......

A 'flyin0 Squirrel.

An interesting example of the 'peculiar activity of the grey squirrel is told me by a man of science living in Berkshire :— " Two or three days ago my eldest daughter was in a......

The Busy Country.

" It is extraordinary how many things happen in a place lilth this ! " said to me the other day the owner of a country estate. Most of the . events to which he referred are in......

Country Life

7'nz EXTINCT PEDE STRIAN. • • , One of the older Oxford Dons, a - Scholar of fine taste and . . catholic interests, enjoys a constant controversy with Mends alWays active in the......

A Better England.

Doubtless the Master of University and other workers for the preservation of Oxford have their own answer to this cry of despair. The best is to be found in a summary of the......