6 OCTOBER 1928, page 15

Spring In 'autumn.

There are countries where you may sow and plant and gather - certain vegetables in any month of the year Western Australia, that - unknown Paradise of unknown wild newel% is one......

Country Life County Or District.

In the organization of country life a feud of long standing is dcveloping between County Councils and Rural District Councils, which liaire parallel and sometimes overlapping......

Greedy Bums.

The vigour of the birds this autumn is remarkable and delightful, especially when expressed in song, but has certain drawbacks. Tits in my garden spend the day in flying from......

Ciirlstmas Blooms.

Why do we all receive at this- date. catalogues from Dutch bulb growers, but not from English ? Apropos, bulbs desired for winter flowering indoors should be set in their bowls......

Rums Prefer Railways.

Perhaps the authorities of the railway, who are suffering from the popularity of the roads, would like to know that their lines have quite eclipsed the roads in one respect, and......

Bees' And Wasps' Poison.

It is time that someone challenged a popular belief not unsupported by men of science. Within the last few weeks medical and other authorities in various publications have......

It Is Not - Yet Precisely Decided In What Degree

the wasp's and bee's stings differ in virulence or composition, though it is established that the ant's poison is the most acid of the three. Formic acid is rightly named. What......