A Bumper Crop
Every year almost there is some bumper crop or other. This year the bumperest (why not? Bumper is adjectival) is undoubtedly the nut, wild and cultivated. The clumps of nuts on......
Late Butterflies
The experts at Rothamsted who examine all the evidence of immigrant butterflies will have some trouble to explain the phenomena of this summer. My experience seems to be quite......
Buying Eggs
A reference in this place to magpies, an increasing race, as the worst enemies of nestlings, has brought a letter from as far away as Cyprus. They are described as flying over......
In The Garden The Publication Of A Small Book On
garden hedges has produced a host of criticisms, with which I cannot help disagreeing both positively and negatively, on many points. Here are a few. Beech makes so fine a hedge......
Country Life
THE other day I was shown some charming water colours and sketches by Adam and Repton of a fine country house. This week I walked up to the house and found the beautiful......
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