14 AUGUST 1959, Page 22

LEAVES IN VALLOMBROSA

SIR,--The forest of Vallombrosa is deciduous as well as coniferous so there are plenty of leaves to justify Milton or Taper any day, summer or autumn. And it is not. as Mr. Blake says, in a valley, but on a mountain. Surely before correcting other people's facts, one might get one's own at least approximately right?—Yours faithfully,

ISABEL QUIGLY