... By Our Horticultural Correspondent WHEN it is remembered that the tomato is a native of South America, it is not surprising that the cultivation of this tender and rather fastidious plant gives rise to more difficulties than the average run of food crops. As far as this year's crop is concerned, it is now too late to correct any mistakes which have resulted in casualties to plants in the ...

... Making Tliem Welcome British Hospitality for Dominion Troops in Transit CpVERY effort is being made to give repa- J-*' triated prisoners of war a good time when they arrive in England from the Continent en route for their homes, and trips of all kinds are organised by the three Services. South Africans, Australians and New Zealanders recently repatriated from Germany have visited factories ...

... 44 The Forty-fiveJ||lj| Bicentenary of the Invasion of Bonnie Prince CI JUST two hundred years ago on July 19, 1745, to be exact there arrived at Loch nan Uamh, a wild and inaccessible sea-loch on the west coast of Inverness-shire, the French frigate La Doutelle, bearing Prince Charles Edward and a number of his adherents who, since the rout of the Jacobites at Sheriffmuir, thirty years ...

... Henley in Sunshine if and Splendour WHEN, in sunshine, Henley's Royal Regatta was reborn on Saturday, J uly 7, every wheel of the old Regatta machine turned smoothly and each cog dropped cleanly back into place. Huts, marquees, grandstands, and even the bandstand, had, in a few days, been salvaged from the limbo or recaptured after being on war service. Stewards' and crews' enclosures, the old ...

... THE GOLD CUP L-ord Rosebery's Derby winner, Ocean Swell (Eph Smith), winning from the Aga Khans Tehran and Sir Hugo Cunliffe -Owen's Abbots hell. Colonel J. H. Whitney's John Peel was fourth in a field of ten runners. THE WINNER: Ocean Swell is the first Derby winner to have brought off the great double since Persimmon (1896-97). Persimmon, however, won the Epsom Derby: Ocean Swell won at ...

... AFTER five years we can now get un censored news from Switzerland and learn something of what has been happening to that pleasure-ground where so many of our readers spent happy holidays in summer or winter. The Swiss are fully conscious as to what it has meant to them to be spared the major hardships of war, and they are looking forward to resuming their business of service and accommodation ...

... I For the protection of Hilkmg Cows and Other Stock y against Jj*' ■^PExr^ CATTLE FLY SPRAY THE intense irritation caused by flies results in a definite drop in the milk yield. They also act as 'carriers' of dangerous diseases such as Mastitis. Pex sprayed directly on cows and other farm stock, and sprayed regularly about cowsheds and farm buildings will destroy all flies. This will ...

... AUSTINS are making cars again Production of the Austin Eight and the Austin Ten de luxe four-door sliding-head saloons is being resumed for supply through Austin distri-. butors and dealers to holders of Ministry of War Transport licences issued to persons engaged on work of vital national importance. PRICES EIGHT SALOON £255 Plus approx. £71 Purchase Tax TEN SALOON £310 Plus approx. £87 ...

... Cricket Eton v. Winchester Fourth Century for the Eton Captain and Another Draw in the Annual Match Mr. C. A. Elliott, the Headmaster of Eton, comfortably puffed at his pipe as he watched the match from the pavilion The Winchester XI. Going Out to Field The Headmaster of Winchester, Canon Leeson, and Lieut. -Colonel and Mrs. Dawnay were all enjoying themselves G. H. Myrtle, who played for ...

... I A New Finale to an Old Favourite I A Brilliant New Twist in the I Tail for Sweeter and Lower Exception to the rule, Britan nia adds a new note of satirical gaiety to what must surely be the most popular 44 intimate revue in London. First produced by J. W. Pemberton as Sweet and Low it became Sweeter and Lower as time went by, and now, having broken the long-run record for revue held for ...

... Priscilla in Paris A Letter from Germany D.O.A.H.-- From the dormer window of the cream-painted, chintz-hung room where I am writing, this is what I see: neat little white houses with pointed, red roofs of scalloped tiles standing in gardens bright with spring flowers, green with lilac-trees on which the blossoms have only just died, and cherry-trees on which the fruit is still in hard little ...

... ^4 By Sabretache LOOKIŃG at a wartime crowd at Ascot, no one with a feeling heart could help having it borne in upon him that we do not count our blessings half often enough. Uniform, the variant of battle-dress, rat-catcher, how much more comfortable than the kit which was de rigueur exactly 234 years ago, and also than the regulation of many years later; grey busters, sponge-bag trousers, ...