A Humane Master The Verdict Of An M.f.h. In The
West Country is peculiarly emphatic and convincing : " That the pest of rabbits is entirely due to traps having destroyed all their natural enemies has been evident to many......
* * * * Relapsed Asters All Amateur Gardeners At
one time or another have lamented the relapse of beautiful flowers to a simpler and less gorgeous form. The latest of these regrets concerns the aster or Michaelmas daisy. The......
This Wet And Warmth Has Encouraged Phenomena Altogether...
the experience of most country observers. The songs of birds have been continuous from morn to night ; and though the thrush and robin, which are the master singers of winter,......
A Rabbit Monograph
An admirably composed Bill for the prevention of a standard cruelty was discussed in the House of Lords last week. It originated with the Animal Welfare Society of the......
* * * * New Apples All Gardeners Should Realize
how very much they owe to Wisley. There is no other organization anywhere which makes quite such strict and prolonged tests of new plants and thus sets up standards. None of us......
Fruit Imports A Very Thorough Pamphlet Has Been Issued From
Oxford on the vexed subject of " the planning of British Food Imports." Up to 1927 we imported roughly £410,000,000 worth of food or, again roughly, 62 per cent, of our needs.......
Country Life
Prophetic Ice An old doggerel prophecy that still has a certain vogue in country places has justified itself with emphasis, at least temporarily : " If there's ice in November......