15 JUNE 1951, page 14

A Notable Country House

Before leaving the subject of pamphlets and books relating to the natural scene and its influence on our social life; I bust mention a booklet put out by the Earl of Darnley......

Art Messrs. Agnew's Loan Oxhibition Of Portraits By Sir...

Lawrence—the first for many years—is interesting largely in a nega- tive sense. It surely reinforces the orthodox view that Lawrence, painter of princes and all the rank,......

In The Carden I Am Delighted This Week By A

display of the little bulb plant, Sparaqs. 1 set the bulbs in mid-winter, at the same time as I put in a new consignment-of tulips, and I had begun to accept this experiment as......

Looking For Orchids .

Meanwhile, I have been out book in hand, wandering in . the local woodlands and along the hedgesides, looking for orchids. My guide is the new book Wild Orchids of Britain, by......

Ex H I Bition

Eleventh Antique Dealers' Fair. (Grosvenor House.) FOR those who enjoy peering into the corners of an antique shop, this display, which is on view until June 21st, is almost a......

Country Life

So many reports by natural history clubs and rural societies for the preservation of this and that amenity are appearing this month that the countryman is likely to be......

An Act Of Vandalism

There is no small indignation throughout the Kentish countryside, because the Home Office proposes to take over a farm-school set in the heart of this intimate and historical......