3 AUGUST 1951, Page 13

In the Garden

I have been trying an experiment with a new cross of the Laxton family—Royalty, a cross between the Cox and the Wise Apple (Couil Pendu Plat), a Russet so called because it does not flower until May's end, so circumventing the late spring frosts. All went well: my little tree did not flower till May 28th. But in this late season neither did the other apples! Item 2. A notable eccentricity in a foxglove. The top-' storey bell opened out wide into a moony disc, patined with chocolate stars, a new garden lily of the most superior beauty sprung on me by a