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We usually obtain seed of these from Germany, 

 but this year we have been obliged to rely entirely 

 upon that obtained from last year's home-grown 

 crop. Bright red Physalis, too, is useful in tall 

 vases, standing out well against a white background, 

 and then there are the soft, silky outer scales of 

 Honesty to be scattered in the wind before the 

 snowy-white inner ones can be used for decora- 

 tion. 



The student in charge of fruit-picking has a busy 

 time, for pears and plums are a plentiful crop, and 

 at no time does the Sussex word " to terrify '* 

 (pronounced tarrify) assume so true a meaning as 

 when wasps come " teasing " round. 



But this year the harvest brings to us other 

 signs of prosperity and plenty. There is slowly, 

 but surely, a decided movement of progress to- 

 wards larger development in questions connected 

 with the land. Recently, in this neighbourhood,, 

 a motor lorry has been purchased upon a co- 

 operative basis by several farmers, which will 

 collect milk and carry it direct to a retail pur- 

 chaser. As this becomes better known, similar- 

 arrangements will no doubt be made for the dis- 

 posal of eggs and poultry, and in this way a net- 

 work of co-ordinated workers will be established 

 throughout the country. 



Dreams of future possibilities are encouraged, 

 when, in the twilight hour of a summer's evening, 

 a group of figures surround a central one in the 

 carnation parlour. She plays and softly sings to 

 them, and they who usually are strung up to 

 severe attention, fearful lest some slight negligence- 



