Quiz of the week
1) Who made the view of Salisbury Cathedral from the meadows famous?
2) Colin Craven is a character in which of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novels?
3) In which area of England can you find Westonbirt, The National Arboretum?
4) Sciurus vulgaris is the Latin name for which endangered, bushy-tailed rodent?
5) Which holly bushes produce berries?
Word of the week
Terricolous (adjective) Living (if referring to an animal) or growing (if referring to a plant) on the ground
100 years ago in COUNTRY LIFE October 20, 1923
OFTEN the greenery of the year persists till late into the month and one forgets, or tries to forget, that the doom of all that made summer
