In My Garden
"Whatever happens," a nurseryman once said to me, " there is never a slump in the sale of flowers." Today there is a boom. Numbers of nurseries are completely sold out of......
Flood Victims
One after-effect of flooding that may be not generally noticed is that it utterly destroys the whole population of worms, those potent agents in fertilising and " sub-soiling."......
" The Mid-twentieth Century Atom "
Sus,—My attention has been called to the Rev. M. Davidson's letter in The Spectator of August 16th stating that, in reviewing his book, The Mid-Twentieth Century Atom, in the......
The Moon And The Weather
S1R,—The experts frequently assure the ignorant countryman that he is wrong in relating weather conditions to the changes of the moon. A friend of mine notes that the two last......
Country Life
A PRETTY example of village pride deserves recording and deserves support. Not long since the ancient elm-trees on the village green of Preston in Hertfordshire were felled to......
Food From Germany
SIR,—When reading the News of the Week—usually so interesting and accurate—in The Spectator of November 29th, I came across a sentence which appears to me to be rather......
A January Harvest
In the virulent controversy aroused by the threat of satellite towns, one detail is worth picking out. A branch of the Farmers' Union has put in as an objection to the Hemel......
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