The Doom Of The River.
Rivers are very important sources of wealth as well as of health and pleasure. It is recorded that at one quay on the Tees salmon and sea-trout were sold to the value of just......
The Robin's Mentality.
A delightful test of the psychology of the robin has been carried through in two neighbouring counties. A half-open nesting box, with two divisions partitioned off, was set up......
A Garden Festival.
One expression of this garden zeal is the popularity of new varieties. Some of the newest bulbs have sold at prices round about 10s. each to owners of small village gardens ;......
Country Life
SUGAR AND Flan. IT may be allowable to hold that the Wye is the loveliest and one of the purest of our rivers. It is of the West westerly, dividing the greenest fields and woods......
The Changing " First."
It is many years since so many fields were uncut or in course of cutting in September. The First is not quite what it was. We are told that partridges are a diminishing race in......
W.i. And Garden Produce.
A new value out of village gardens is being extracted by some of the women's institutes. They set up a Saturday afternoon stall, to which members contribute out of their......
Cult Of Flowers.
The cult of flowers advances at an almost breathless speed. The industry in both plants and seed is already enormous. At Southport recently £10,000 was taken at one show,......
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