Quiz of the week
1) Which Asian-inspired structure did Sir William Chambers build for Augusta, Dowager Princess of Wales?
2) Which pink-red wildflower goes by the scientific name of Silene dioica and the folk name of Robin Hood?
3) The word leporine refers to which kind of animal?
4) Between Edinburgh and Copenhagen, in Denmark, which city is further north?
5) Ellis Bell was for a time the pen name of which famous writer?
Word of the week
Siccaneous (adjective) Dry, arid
100 years ago in COUNTRY LIFE March 24, 1923
WE are so much accustomed to think of mistletoe in connection with Christmas that it is natural to suppose that the berries are then at their best, although, in fact, they are neither fully matured
