Country Life
Diary Records The country diaries this spring have a rare number of "best-on-records." For example : One of my neighbours —and the garden is well north of London—cut asparagus......
Frosted Songs Nevertheless A Doubt Intrudes Itself....
the birds were not so late after all. A cuckoo was heard and seen in Surrey on April 4th. It was not heard again till the 21st, a surprising period of silence. The explanation......
The Devoted Doe
It is not often perhaps that any of us regret the death of a wild rabbit ; and of late the agricultural economists have united to urge the ideal of a rabbit-less countryside.......
Whipsnade Sutcesses
That favourite bourne of holiday makers, the Whipsnade Zoo, is as well worth a visit for the scenery as for the animals. The wide view reaching to Oxford, the comely lines of......
To Kill Or Spare ?
My garden and paddock have been frequented for many months by a weasel, which had been allowed the free-play of life. It was shot the other day at the boundary for the reason......
In The Garden The Number Of Newer Varieties Of Popular
flowers is so great in these days that it is seldom possible, or wise, to say which is the best. We can give only our individual preferences. Among daffodils recently produced......
Do Not Feed Birds Is It Wise, Is It Kind
to feed our garden birds in spring-time ? An answer to such a question is needed. Birds are never so hungry as in very early spring. Among the duck it is a common fatality that......
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