22 OCTOBER 1927, Page 13

This year St. Luke had more flowers and a greener

landscape for his festival than is common. Honeysuckle is flowering freely on one Hertfordshire common. The short grass is starred with hare-bells, and close by primroses are blooming freely. In some gardens standard ceanothus; are as blue as ever they were, and beds are gay with primulas as well as with the proper autumn patches of antirrhinum and "cherry pie." Some gardeners are picking dishes of raspberries and green peas. Who says England has an evil climate ?

W. BEACH THOMAS.