14 JULY 1973, page 12

Gardening

Chestnuts in blossom Denis Wood Spanish chestnuts have their catkin flowers in July, yellowishgreen feathery plumes, a fine sight at high summer. They are sturdy, masculine......

Juliette's Weekly Frolic

Ascot puts the entire contents of the kitchen garden into its Pimms and very good Itis too, but try the ,same drink at Kempton Park and you'll be sadly disappointed. A solitary......

'the Good Life

Not playing the game Pamela Vandyke Price Just as summer is signified — at , least in London — by a ,rush of pneuMatic drills to the roads, so the minds of many, newsprint,......