15 SEPTEMBER 1939, Page 17

COUNTRY LIFE

Autumn Glory

September brought, as often, the loveliest weather of tce year. All the proper symptoms of the date are at the highest power. Growth is of almost fantastic speed in bushes so different as the rose and the yew. The apple trees grow, while their abundant fruit is maturing. Grass has hardly s-rown so fast all the year. The robin sings from dawn to dusk nd after. The martins and swallows cluster, but are loth to Cave. Did so many meadow-brown butterflies ever appear before in one week? The bees still make honey. If only swords were ploughshares, for it was perfect farmers' weather!