16 FEBRUARY 1934, page 16

Merry Women

It was a wise act on the part of the propagandists of woman's work to concentrate on the merriments of rural life in this country and that. What the Country Women of the World......

Country Life

Romecrofts Again The annals of The Spectator are concerned with a new devel- opment in rural activity. In 1926 under the encouragement of Mr. St. Loe Strachey, Mr. Scott, a......

The Oldest Tree The Question Is Suggested, How Old Can

a tree be Elwes, who was a great authority, gave 2,000 years to this famous Whiligh Oak, but I should doubt whether any authority of today would accept his record, would even......

Migrant Butterflies The Value Secured By Careful Daily...

facts on even a small piece of land, or water, is wonderfully illus- trated by the records of Skokholm. Most of us associate the island chiefly with the marvellous records of......

Famous Oaks - Some Years Ago I Called Attention To

a charming instance of continuity and tradition in English county annals : Sir George Courthope was repairing Westminster Hall with oak from the same wood that had supplied the......

The Revival Of Marl Some Critic Has Said That The

Oxford Farm Economists arc chiefly journalists. If so, they are extremely good journalists. The latest number of The Farm Economist, a leaflet now dignified with a cover as......

An Oxford Fish

A little drama in natural history, that promises to be as long-drawn-out as a, Chinese play, is interesting Oxford. One of the recent additions to the attractions of Oxford is a......