1935-04-30 — Page 17

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

TUESDAY,

APRIL 30, 1935..

HOME GARDENING: VII

SOME POSSIBILITIES OF

A SMALL PLOT

BY DR. C. H. CONNORS

Those robins you've en- forget 'em. Spring's still around the corner. What? You don't beliova 17 Now look here—you know.Maurice Chevalier, the man in the straw hat.. Wall, kare, he in in « felt-be haan't felt enough. of the Spring urge to get a Sim

mer topper.

Here is nu excellent example of The san-dint adds to the sym what summer, flowers and artistle metry as well as to the charm of planning can do for any compara-|the garden, because it is the termi ilvely small "back yard." Al-Inns of the major axis outlined by though the plot is only 331⁄2 by the flagstone walk. The small, rec- 125 feet, it lins all the elements of tangular pool crosses the walk at a hurmunions arrangement for the the intersection with the minor small. domestic rounds.

axis of the garden.

Mr. Drago Montagu, second son of Lard Sandwich, and hla beida, the farmer Mri, Janet Campbell, daughter of Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian-born newspaper owner, are keen leaving Caxton Hall register office after their marriage.

This is the opposite end of the flagstone walk wisch defines the major axis. The terminal feature at this end, corresponding to the sun dint at the other, is the house Itself, although the arch serves the same purpose.

A recent picture of Jana Du Bois, left, and Elizabeth, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Coert Du Bois, who leaped to death from an aeroplane high over English soll. It is believed their grief over the recent deaths' of two British nirmen, led to the fatal jump.

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Here is a new photo of Misa Elaine Wadson recently received from London where the former Canadian actress is causing sentation by her splendid par. formance in a play which han only two characters. It la ze -ported to be Miss Wadson's first malor professional role.

At the right angle in relation to the majorinis is the minor axis, which is defined at each end by benches such as the one shown above. They are of less Interest as garden features than, the arch and the sun dial, which are the terminating points of the manjar, axis..

At the intersection of the two ground reparates the private gars Axes is the small, rectangular pool,den from the service or utilitarian with its floating, pond filies, and area.

its tall. reed-like cattails. The Next Thursday: Flowers from -white fence shown in the back- bulbs.

LONDON SEASON

BRILLIANT SUCCESS:

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London, Apr. 20.

Postmaster General, Sir Kingsley Wed, in the House of Commons su-day.

An Imperial penny postcard rate The performance of Wagner's will be introduced on Lohengrin at Covent Garden to-2

June 15, night, opens a season which pro- instead C the present 16L mises to b: ns vivid and memor-charge. able as any that have preceded it.)

Telephone rates between Bri-, To-morrow the Newmarket race tain, the Dominions and India will meeting opens, and on Wednesday be halved for a period between county cricket starts.

May 5 and May 31.

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The charred wreckage of the British Royal Air Force seaplane after it had crashed and burned in Sicily recantly, sending to dest truction the nine British airmąja aboard. This tragic accident had a more tragis after-math, when Jane' and Elizabeth, beautiful daughters of Mr. C. du Bois. American Consul-General at Napļos, committed suicide by leaping from an aeroplane flying high over England. Two of the officers killed in the Sicily crash were Flying Officer J. A. C. Forbes, to whom Jane du Bois was reported engagedi and Flying Lieut. Henry L. Boatty, with whom Elizabeth was in loTO,

On Saturday the Duke of York Substantial permanent attends the Royal Academy Bastions in inland telegrams and par- DIONNE QUINTUPLETS Canadian habitants stock, are ap-

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his brothers the Duke of York, thermore, over 1,000 village Post and the Duke of Kent, are also offices not yet equipped with a tele booked Tor a record succession of phone will bo connected by the public dinners and functiona,

end of 1936-Reuters Special Ser vice.

Crowds nightly throng the streets admiring the Jubileo decorations, which are converting the central part of the West End of London into a panorama of tall masts with blue, red and gold streamers, banners,, and garlands, while huge! Illuminated portraits of their Majesties and myrinds of gay win- dow boxes add colour to the sceno, Tests of floodlighting public bulld- ings intermittently turn night into clay.

Empire Accord

Parliament renssembles

to-day

to discuss amendments to the In- dia Bill which, it is confidently} expected, will be ready to send toļ the Lords by Whitsuntida

Political correspondents foro. cast an early announcement that| an agreement has been reached re- moving all the objections of the Indian Princes,—Router,

P. M. G. Keeps Jubilee

London, Apr. 29. Several changes In postal charges to celebrate the King's Jubilee wore announced by the

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