6 OCTOBER 1928, Page 15

SPRING IN 'AUTUMN.

There are countries where you may sow and plant and gather -certain vegetables in any month of the year Western Australia, that -unknown Paradise of unknown wild newel% is one ; but we do not do bidly in England. Even. North of London we are now consuming fresh peas, raspberries and young carrots, which are still growing in size. The roses are flowering very freely. So- are many annuals, not usually reckoned as companions to dahlias and Michaelmas daisies ; and June herbaceous plants, especially young plants of del- phiniuni, have almost robtistions splices of buds just opening intd flower. - The Weigel, a spring-flowering Nish, carries a few blooms ; so do the honeyanckles, as if they knew the year was late. The proper autumn flowers, especially Michaelmas daisies, are in many cases a fortnight behind their usual date.

Martins and .swallOws were still numerous when October

began.' ' • • . . BF.ACII THOMAS.