1 JUNE 1951, page 14

Traditional Art From The. Colonies. (imperial Institute.)

"AFRICA and Oceania have their Old Masters even as Europe has, and it is to honour them, and the peoples among whom they arose, that this exhibition is presented," says Mr.......

In The Garden

The year begins to wear its crown at last. Within a week, under the recent warmth, the whole character of the garden has changed. No reluctance. On the contrary, the eagerness......

Country Life

WHEN the wind turns out of the north-east, where it has Inca for a month, we might be inhabiting another planet. Everything responds to the-kindness of the air, and I go from......

A Thunderstorm

That storm, during breakfast, cut off our electric supply and washed down the newly-hoed surface of the vegetable garden, offering a minia• lure warning of soil erosion. I have......

"tbe 6pettator," Lap 3113t. 1851

(THE ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION—Fourth Notice) We have already had occasion to allude to the works of Messrs. Millais and Hunt—works the principle of which it is essential to......

Recent Records

ORCHESTRAL. Decca issues a new Beethoven No. 7 by the Concertgcbouw Orchestra under Kleiber, only spoiled by the Alle- gretto being taken noticeably too fast and the brass being......

A Festival Of Horticulture

I see that market gardeners are to have a produce-show at Olympia on June 27th. I hope it will remind the public that these people con- tribute about £120 million to the wealth......