A Comparison It Is Interesting To Compare This...
with that of 17o years ago, for which Gilbert White kept a naturalist's calendar. This can be done by taking White's dates for the first appearance of certain common flowers.......
Lost Men
It is good news that 3o,000 farm-workers in three counties— Sussex, Durham and Devon—are to receive higher wages. following the decision of the Agricultural Wages Board. Yet, as......
A Perfect Month
When the dreary records of English weather are examined by future generations the month of March, 1938, will appear like an illuminated address. The whole month, at least as far......
Country Life
The Wild Tulip My query as to the existence in England of the wild tulip (Tulipa Sylvestris), made a fortnight ago, has met with unex- pected success. Many correspondents have......
Garden Escapes
One correspondent is, and perhaps justifiably, very sceptical. " My own impression is that the plant is mostly, if not always an escape from cultivation in this country." He is......
Scottish Country
This page deals largely, and quite naturally, with English country life. For the last three or four weeks the B.B.C., whose broadcasts from English villages are too often of the......
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