7 JULY 1939, page 21

Farmers' Week

Whatever may be said of British fanning, the Royal Show is and always has been the best of its sort the world over. The Centenary celebrated in the Windsor Great Park through-......

In The Garden

A low rough bank in.a garden too spacious for much close cultivation is very lovely at this date with a commixture of dwarf Martagon lilies and yellow Loosestrife. This Loose-......

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The Flower Cult The continuous increase of the flower show at the Royal has gone step by step with the growth of flower-farming and glasshouse farming in England. One single......

There Are Over Four Thousand Animals Of The Highest Quality

in the Great Park, but it would be easy to spend a day within the grounds and be scarcely aware of the presence of cattle, sheep, pigs and goats, though horses are much more in......

Photographers Make Hundreds Of Birds Abandon Their Nests....

birds desert very readily in the early stages, but are bold as brass in the later. In general, photographers prefer the photography of the young. Eggs make a poor picture as a......

A Number Of Bird-lovers, Including That Prince Of...

Mr. Jim Vincent, have been raising a lamentation about the destructive fondness of oologists, photographers, and even inquisitive ornithologists. Mr. Vincent, in his bitterness......

Country Life

A Fruitful Season The country is really a very cheerful place at the moment. The hay crop is very large, whether of grass or clover. The grain crops look singularly strong and......