14 MAY 1948, Page 14

In the Garden Twice in recent years the rough grass

in an orchard has been burnt (after mowing round the widely separated standard trees). One result is that every single buttercup (of a comely but poisonous race) has perished. As to weed-destruction on lawns, the excellent and interesting Journal of the Board of Green-keeping Research (St. Ives, Bingley, Yorks) gives proof how peculiarly ,Yulnerable to Methoxone are all varieties of plantain, which so many otlia remedies scotch but do not kill. The least vulnerable weed to this and many another chemical is probably