... By Our Horticultural Correspondent NOW that fuel is no longer allowed for heating greenhouses in private gardens (unless they are run on commercial lines), those who intend to raise vegetable seedlings under glass will have to exercise considerable ingenuity and a little more patience than usual. The alternative method of starting seeds on hot-beds of animal manure is no less difficult. But ...

... Wepp Wepp 1 MALVERN SpA J as delightful blended with spirits See its sparkling clearness as it bubbles in your glass. Take a deep draught. How clean and crisp it is on the j tongue. Could you have believed that water could taste so satisfying ...

... A Novel Hedge T rimmer BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Women's Land Army seem very go- ahead, at least they have got hold of a novel machine here. It is designed to trim hedges and certainly it should save many tears to hands and clothes. 'For a bramble- smothered hedge it looks ideal. The circular saw is pulley-driven from the tractor ar.d it can be raised and lowered by a second operator as the tractor ...

... TWEED CLASSIC SUIT FORTNUM AND MASON, Piccadilly, are making a feature of the time- honoured classic tailor made, some of which are semi-fitting. A very interesting model is pictured above on the left. It is man-tailored, has a wrap-over skirt and the pattern of the tweed is arranged in an original manner which is flattering to even a difficult figure, so are the long revers and square ...

... Heartbreak House (Cambridge) IT is a merciful thing that people in the stately homes of England, or even in the average country house, do not behave as they do in this play. If they did, the truly rural areas would see precious little of me. However, the present revival at the Cambridge Theatre was a good move, for there is plenty of intelligent talk (although rather too much talk), and if ...

... . ., This vigilance His eyes, his ears keep watch on the skies of Britain. These eyes must not falter, these ears must not grow dull they are the vital faculties of our defence. We can't all be in the anti-aircraft services. But we can all bring this vigilance to our own wartime tasks. This is the spirit that is always ready to defend and attack. The spirit that wins through to victory. This ...

... A PLOUGH team on the Berkshire Downs near Aldworth anxious to get home Li- out of the wind. This is true downland country, rolling away for miles and still sparsely inhabited. Most of it to-day is under the plough, except for odd patches of rough grass and bushes where there is hardly an inch of soil on top of the chalk. The Berkshire War Agricultural Executive Committee's tractors have ...

... RUSSIA'S great ally, grim winter, is playing its part in the Red Array's Middle Don offensive. Clothing equipment is as important as tanks, guns or 'planes. The intense cold, however, cuts both ways. Russian wounded need protection against the cold even more urgently than the fighting men. A movement sponsored by the Russian Medi cal Aid Society in Sydney, backed by the leading fur mer chants ...

... cwicf lucrum A FEW weeks after the Japanese successes in Malaya, we drew attention to the serious situation as regards the supply of rubber. That was a year ago. The machinery for creating new supplies and for conserving the old was slow in being set up, and we cannot congratulate anybody on the present situation. The position in the country regarding rubber boots (which are only partly made ...

... Some Advice on Seed Catalogues The Best of the Brassicas By Our Horticultural Correspondent IN selecting vegetables for war time cultiva- tion there are surely two considerations which outweigh all others-- maximum food value and easy to grow; labour shortage does not permit of fussing or coddling. Most exhibitors and a good many judges go all out for size, but size and keeping quality do not ...

... While farmers in the south by the end of August were gazing with some complacency at fields already ploughed after corn, many of their brethren in the north were looking in despair at fields of oats beaten into pools of water. This picture of floods is from Lyth, West morland, where the oat crops have indeed been in a sad mess. Rain there fell on 24 days in August. Below is a happier scene ...

... TURF Headquarters recently held a show the first of its kind in aid of the R.A.F. Benevolent Fund, and collected £200 towards an institution especially dear to Newmarket people. There were fourteen classes and competitions, the strongest of which was the children's pony class, with thirty entries. The Newmarket Heath Hack Class attracted twenty-seven entries. Lord Derby, who presented a cup ...