15 MARCH 1940, page 15

The Brightest Flowers

In a garden, neat and trim, and scientific beyond the ordinary, the loveliest flowers at the moment are the dwarf irises, one clump blue, the other yellow. They have flourished......

A Good Dog For Rats

By BERNARD DUFFY "rrHEM rats in the yard is gettin' to be shockin' I agreed that the rats were becoming very audacious. " I was thinking of getting something from the chemist......

Lunar Superstitions

A countryman, whose concern as to the weather has been revived by the absence of general forecasts, said CO me " There will be a new moon on Saturday. We have had two white......

Fourteen Pullets Those Amateurs Who Are Troubled At All...

the duty of producing more food in war-time may be interested in the details of a very humble experiment. A householder (who dislikes hens) was told very firmly that he ought to......

Country Life

Palm Botany " Palm Sunday " is celebrated in a great many country cottages. The people have decided that the nearest thing to the Eastern palm is the so-called pussy willow ;......