The Selective Eye.
As many of these advances in the making of fruit and flower are due to selection, founded on shrewd observation, as on cross-fertilization. The late Mr. Milne, a good agri-......
The Search For Better And Better Fruits Is Not More
persistent than for newly shaped or coloured flowers. The florists come nearer to the blue sweet pea, which is not a freak but possessed of its own beauty. In a glorious show......
The Poor Man's Cow.
It is a small detail, but a surprising, that this year the only form of stock which was more numerous and better than before was the goat. Prejudice against this poor man's cow......
Eccentric Starlings.
On the subject of the strange habits of starlings, here is a strange story from a Sussex observer. In a cottage garden a starling was watched at the altruistic work of feeding a......
A Sussex Farmer.
A scholar who cultivates the happy hobby of rubbing brasses and collecting and translating old Latin epitaphs has lately come upon a charming inscription in the church of......
Country Life
" THE ROYAL." One of the most characteristic festivals of England is the Agricultural Show held annually in almost every county. The chief is, of course, " The Royal," as it is......
It Is The Season Of Strawberries ; And A Word
may be said about the return of the strawberry plant to its full fertility. It had lost quality, partly owing to the War, when the whole stock degenerated (owing to carelessness......
The Art Of Breeding New Flowers Has Glorious Flukes. For
example, Senorita d'Alvarez was produced from the marriage of two seedlings that themselves never attained to the dignity of any name at all : 0 mater pulchra filia pulchrior I......
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