ombining realism with economy.

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THE MYSTERIES OF ARBORICULTURE.

From an American Nursery Company's pamphlet:--

"Practise thinning in the winter time and head back in the
summer. A tree can be kept bearing practically regular
crops. Of course, it is impossible to keep any tree bearing
practically regular crops, but, of course, it is impossible
to keep any tree bearing a full crop regularly. Wonders can be
done by this system of pruning."

We can well believe this.

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"'Wild Foods of Great Britain,' with 46 figs. 1s. 6d.
net."--"_Times" Literary Supplement_.

With fruit at present prices the figs alone should be worth the money.

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HINTS TO GROSVENOR HOUSE.

Mr. Punch is not more free from correspondents who know how to solve
the food problem than other papers are.

The following six letters have been selected with care from some
thousand and three received during the week. The others are at the
service of any enterprising editor, or Lord DEVONPORT can have them
if he will send a waggon to take them away. They should make pleasant
week-end reading.

AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION.

SIR,--What we plain men want to know and what we are entitled to know
is--What does Lord DEVONPORT eat? What does Mr. KENNEDY-JONES eat?
What does Mr. ALFRED BUTT eat? It would make a vast difference to
the success of the food campaign if each of these administrators was
visible at his meals, doing himself extremely ill. I suggest that a
prominent shop window should be taken for each, and they should have
their luncheon and dinner there in full view of the public.

Yours, etc.,
COMMON SENSE.

THE POWER OF BRITISH HUMOUR.

SIR,--If the Food Economy posters were more carefully thought out the
trick would be done. I suggest, for example, something really pithy
and witty, such as--

IT IS NOT ENOUGH
FOR
ONE OR TWO DAYS
TO BE
MEATLESS DAYS.
YOU SHOULD SEE
THAT ALL DAYS
ARE
EAT-LESS DAYS.

Something like that would soon drive the fear of England into the
[unprintable word] Germans.

Yours, etc.,
DOWNRIGHT.

TO MASTER THE ROLLS.

SIR,--My experience is that all rolls are too big. I personally can
get through a meal comfortably with only half the fat roll that is
automatically put before me at most of the restaurants. Let Lord