17 OCTOBER 1931, page 13

* * * * The Wrong Trees.

It was said at one time that the substitution of the aero- plane for the ship had changed the scenery of England. There was this much truth in that hyperbole : the Crown (now a......

* * British Bolas.

Since some brief suggestions were issued last week in this place for the purchase of British_ bulbs, with congratulations to those Wisbech firms who have begun to send out......

* * * * Road-loving Birds.

A tirade against the motor-car and new highways as cruel enemies to bird life has appeared in the quarterly journal—. alarays a very suggestive productioa—of the R.S.P.B. Pro-......

The District Is Well Worth A Visit From Motorists Or

other voyagers, expecially if they have any interest in farming. Some of the best intensive farming in the world, by large as well as small husbandmen is to be seen over these......

* * * * Eccentric Phenomena.

The superlative is generally a mendacity ; but does one tamper with truth in suggesting that the . eccentricities of this season are beyond parallel? And. they have appeared in......

In My Own Experience—which May Be Accidental, Not...

of oddly coloured birds has been quite unusual. I have heard of albinos in many species, in many places ; and this week on the South Coast came upon the haunt of a black snipe,......

Country Life

WHERE THE PRESERVERS MEET. Few places in England could be better suited than Bath for the annual meeting of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England. The town itself......