10 NOVEMBER 1939, Page 21

A Diary

A good dish of raspberries was gathered last week in a Warwickshire garden. What a high tribute we owe to " Lloyd George "!

The loveliest flower, excepting chrysanthemum and dahlia, now blooming in the same garden is the " Kaffir Lily " (Schizostylis coccinea). It deserves a wider popularity. It resembles the gladiolus in form and is bulbous, but not a bulb, and it is easily cultivated. If soaked with water in dry weather, it will flower even without protection.

Out-of-door peas have been giving good pods even in November.

Did ever the robin sing more freely and fully at this date than he does this year?

W. BEACH THOMAS.