23 JUNE 1939, page 18

A Bird's Technique

The partridges have hatched wonderfully, some very early, some rather late ; and the hope is that the broods grew so strong when the sun shone that they will be able to endure......

In The Garden Many Theories Are Produced By Both...

and amateurs on the subject of colour schemes for the herbaceous border; but in almost all the emphasis is laid on the big plants, while the edging plants are dismissed......

Country Life

Common Changes A sort of warfare is arising between the public and those who have control of the commons. Folk in motor-cars pour out of the towns and camp for the day on any......

New Fox Coverts A Good Part Of One Very Big

common has recently become so thick with gorse that it is now regarded as a fox covert. The gorse offers a glorious spectacle at one season of the year, but it is hardly the......

Mown Flowers Incidentally, Flowers Adapt Themselves...

A good illustration at the moment may be found in the white bedstraw. It is blossoming very freely on fairways that have been subject to the mowing machine, but looks of a......

Stock And Estovers

Law, as well as custom, is being rapidly and essentially altered in regard to the commons. Some County Councils, within whose jurisdiction the weekly invasion by motorists is......

Decorated Roads

A very vigorous discussion took place at the Royal Horticul- tural Hall last week between the C.P.R.E. and the Roads Beautifying Association in order to reconcile what were......