POINTS FROM LETTERS
IMPROVED TENEMENTS
Would any reader of the Spectator who can spare surplus seedlings of hardy annuals be kindly willing to send a few by post to Miss Alexander, Aubrey House, Campden Hill, W.8 ? The gift would be immensely appreciated by tenants of the Improved Tenements Association in North Kensington, where already a beginning hai been made in transforming the back- yards of recently acquired property from rubbish dumps into garden playgrounds.—A.
• CLIPPING TILE CHURCII Can any of your readers tell me of parishes where the ancient custom of " Clipping the Church " still obtains ? The custom consists in the congregation joining hands round the sacred building during the singing of a hymn, usually on Ascension Day, and is intended to express devotion to, and affection for, their place of worship. The Church- Times lately cited one instance of the ceremony still being observed.—G. S. HEWINS, The Parsonage, Tallam Green, Malpas.
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