The Archive · 1939

Mayfair Notebook

By Pumas, London, Mar. 31. this way proves much more What a lot of good things come out satisfactory of the Royal hothouses at Frogmore. hatpin. the old-fashioned The first home-grown strawberries for the Easter table at Windsor Castle were the latest specialties, and soon Princess Margaret will be cating bananas which are now ripening in clusters on the two banana trees under cultivation at Froxmore.

From the Royal nurseries there arrive daily at Buckingham Palace four choice carnations—two, white and two red. They are for the King's buttonholes and the number enables him to change his flower

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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