Compost For Cuttings Many Things That Can Be Propagated By
cuttings are potted up at this time of year. There are various composts, but the main ingredients for cuttings are equal quantities of good leaf mould and fine loam with a good......
Poor Partridges I Remember, When I Was A Boy And
lived with my grandfather, I often used to be called out to hear the corncrake, and many an hour 1 spent, in my innocence, trying to locate the bird in the long grass. The......
Salmon Run
Salmon and sea-trout are again reported running up-river in the flood here in extra- ordinary numbers. There have never been so many in the pools, I am told. Years of plenty......
Chess
BY PHILIDOR No. 68. L. I. LOSHINSKY (1st Prize, 'Trog,' 1950) WHITE (10 men) Solution to last week's problem by G uidel I i Q-Q 7, threat Q x Kt. It is always disconcerting to......
Spectator Crossword No. 906
ACROSS 1 Cat and mouse in the wine-cellar? (6) 4 No more consomme? I shan't stay! (5, 3) 9 Is done in a resounding way (6). 10 Race observed from the mountains (8). 12 One of......
Country Life
BY IAN NIALL JUST lately weather predictors have been try- ing their best to find some improvement in the remnant of summer, but have too often shown themselves to be not......
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