Keeping Tomatoes Sir,—like Your Correspondent Mr. J. M....
followed the advice of the Doctor-Gardener in the hope that I should be able to extend the tomato season. I picked my green tomatoes and divided them into three parts. One part......
Greek For Girls—and Others
SIR,—A boy or girl becomes a finer creature and a better citizen by studying Greek and absorbing by means of this study Greek culture as expressed in its art and literature ; a......
Autolycus At Large
Depredations from gardens, generally regarded as sacrosanct, have become sadly common of late. Who the thieves are—soldiers, civi- lians and what sort of civilian—is a question......
When Those Few Splendid Weeks Are Over In Which The
woods and hedges gleam, like the Assyrian cohorts, in purple and gold, a few oaks and beeches remain fast of their leaves. Though the green sap has wholly migrated, the brown......
In The Garden Among The Numerous Elaborate...
appeared as usual about this date the best lays stress on the need for garden planning for the vegetables. There is perhaps much more to be done than is done in designing the......
Many - Coloured Game At A Rough Shoot The Other Day A
pheasant of a very strange plumage was shot. It was black and dark brown except for a generous sprinkling of white spots about the neck and head. A specialist who was consulted,......
Facts As Foundations
followed with interest the controversy between Mr. Osborn and Miss Denby, which has now moved- on to gardens. As the corre- spondence is supposed to be about " facts as......