In the Garden
There is one pleasing result of spring's late start. Some flowers are now appearing at their normal time, but others, due several weeks ago. are just at their best, and so there is an unusual wealth of bloom. Tulips and wallflowers are tardy, but perhaps most striking of the late- comers are the various primroses. Daffodils are still hanging on to appear with the later hyacinths, polyanthus, anemones, the interesting snake's head fritillary (Fritillaria mekagris) and doronicum, the last named, like many of this year's wallflowers, not so fine as usual. This year we may expect unusually severe attacks of any pests that have been favoured by the abnormally wet conditions of late winter and early spring. Already there have been plenty of slugs and snails. but these are no longer the nightmare of the gardener, for the poison "Meta" (metaldehyde) provides a good antidote.
S. GRAHAM BRADE-BIRKS.
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