10 APRIL 1953, Page 12

Weeding April is a mont of germination and groivth among

weeds as well as useful things. Use weed-killers where they can do no harm to other plants or pets, and use one of the hormone-stimulating preparations on the lawn. - I find that the only way to overcome such things as groundsel and chickweed is the old-fashioned way—on one's hands and knees—and have come to my desk after a day spent entirely on such work. If there is any virtue connected with my back-ache it is surely that I have stolen a march on the most fertile