Blossom And Fruit It Is The Festival Of Apple-blossom, Which
more or less coincides with those three saint days (particularly dreaded in Austria and the Balkans) which are celebrated on the roth, 11th and rzth of May. The apple-blossom is......
"the Witch In The Wood" Sir, —much As I Admire And
respect Miss Rebecca West's opinions, I should like, if I may, to break a,lance on behalf of those who are temperamentally incapable of appreciating Mr. T. H. White's new......
Waste Paper In South Africa
Snt,—I was much interested in the letter on collection and sale of waste paper which appeared over the signature A. C. M. in the issue of March 29th. It may amuse the writer to......
Miss Jane Austen
StR,—Allow me to voice a protest against the nauseous vulgarity of those who call themselves " Janeites." I am a devoted and lifelong admirer of Miss Austen's novels ; but I......
New Virtues All Manner Of Much Neglected Produce Acquires...
in war- time. Young nettles, the tips of bracken fronds and lawn grass are three of the things we are told to value. The first two make good vegetables for ourselves, the last......
Late Daffodils
We have all been enjoying our daffodils. They pass too quickly ; but if in any naturalisation scheme the wild daffodil and the double daffodil (found wild in a few places), are......
Country Life
A Galloping Season This May Whitsuntide comes at the most gorgeous moment of the year. Spring has galloped into summer. The ash (and acacia) is hurrying to catch up the oak, and......
The Essential Potato Some Very Intensive Research Work On...
essential vegetable the potato has been carried through by some distinguished chemists and biologists. If these discoveries were appreciated by our administrators we might......
Skagerrak And Ka'rtegat
SIR,—I agree with Mr. W. H. Stafford in his statement that the Skagerrak and Kattegat beer advertisement looks much the same as its predecessors in the "Beer is Best" series.......
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