22 OCTOBER 1948, Page 18

In the Garden

It has often been said, and truly, that flowers pay better than food crops. The "Cloche Guild " in some monthly notes gives two examples, one experimental, in which marigold, of all flowers, proved the best- paying crop. One market gardener made £31-odd-out of a hundred foot run. The seeds were sown in autumn and the flowers were in selling form in March. Sometimes such flowers are grown alongside lettuce, a typical early spring crop, but the verdict is that the flowers damage the food. W. BEACH THOMAS.