Flowers V. Food.
, It is a curious fact that in a depressed world flowers should still pay the producer better than food or fodder. Two of the props of Cornish farming are anemones, grown in......
Those Who Come From Depressed Areas Must Ask The Ques-
tion, whether the contrast is wholly or chiefly the result of Climate and soil. A personal experience may illustrate the problem. I habitually buy butter from an English farmer......
Abnormal Events. - Though Winter Has Now Succeeded...
of the past preemities of the season are worth recording. The red female flowers like hazel were open in Devon on Janu- ary 25th. A newly-laid starling's egg was found in......
In So Strange A Succession Of Seasons As We Have
experienced —a soaking summer, a hot winter giving place to frosty winds from North and East and a long drought—the Cornish farmer has had his difficulties and his losses. His......
On The Farm In Question The More Knowledgeable And...
labourers were receiving from £2 to £2 10s. a week in wages with some share in the profits. Knowing the seasonal and incidental demands of the business they were willing, they......
It Is A Surprise To Find The Decks Of Passenger
ships in the harbour of Madeira loaded with little frail baskets full of French beans for the London market. It is hardly less unexpected to see over the top of a Cornish wall,......
* * * * 'pas Worcesterberry.
A good many gardeners hoped much from a bush known as the worcesterberry, alleged to be a cross between the black- currant and the gooseberry. It has proved a disappointment —I......
Winter Write.
The change of coat from brown to white to fit the alleged snows of winter seems, on investigation, to be more common in the South of England than many of us have supposed. I......
Country Life
CORNWALL'S PROSPERITY. A visit to a bit of England, which has been persistently recommended as an English Riviera, proved rich, not in warmth and sunshine, much less in the......
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